I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
It was two rounds of Phone & Video Screens, as everyone was based in Seattle. They were timed to the minute, and very rigid in their questions. It was clear there was a template, it didn't feel genuine, and was very forced. I got the feeling my interviewers didn't like what they worked on and felt annoyed having to talk to me. It was very rapid fire, and textbook questions. They typed the whole time, which sounded like they wrote down every word I said.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked a lot of hypothetical questions of how I would handle Product situations.
Examples:
- Describe a time you built something and it failed - what was it, why, what did you do
- Describe a time you had to convince someone higher up than you that disagreed with you how to make a decision that you needed them to make one.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2019
Interview
The initial phone screen and co-ordination team was nice. However the phone interview with the Hiring Manager wasn't pleasant. The HM was very late, appeared disinterested and standoffish. Claimed there wasn't time so dispensed with pleasantries. Asked a couple of incredibly tough questions straight up. Seemed like the HM's mind was made up before the call. Didn't want any examples or evidence that I could do the job. I was given 15mins out of the 1hr scheduled time frame.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What data would you look for to set up a fulfillment center from scratch?
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jul 2019
Interview
My phone interview experience was very poor. The first phone interviewer and the second phone interviewer said different things about the position. I was talking along the line I heard from the first interviewer but I felt it didn’t match the second interviewer’s expectation. Oh did I tell you my second interviewers said they were just hired three months ago?