I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2021
Interview
The process lasted a month and a half from the time I was referred to the day I received an offer. I found it to be very smooth with clear and consistent communication from the recruiting team. I worked with two different recruiters and one recruiter coordinator, all of whom were very nice, professional, and patient - and very focused on making sure my interview experience was positive (which it was).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a project that you wish you had done better and how you would do it differently today.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2021
Interview
No introduction was asked. The hiring manager did not seem interested in the job at all. I was a bit taken aback by the attitude, I lost most of my interest in it and was thinking why did I apply in the first place.
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Question 1
All the usual HR questions, like describe a time you had to difficult situation etc
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2021
Interview
I applied on LinkedIn - I received an email from the recruiter with a set of questions (salary expectations, some small details about past experience, etc) after I sent that she sent to team who decided to move forward.
1st interview was with a Technical Program Manager: 1 hour of behavioral questions related to past projects asked in the STAR format and references their Leadership Principles.
Got an email that I was moving forward in the process and was sent a writing assignment. You pick from two topics and I wrote a 2 page essay based on my topic.
2nd Interview was the Loop Interview (on Chime because of pandemic) where I had five 1 hour interviews with various team members, hiring manager, and bar raiser. Each interviewer asked about 3-4 behavioral questions based on the 14 leadership principles and would dig deep and ask a lot of follow up questions with each answer I gave. Very smooth process but you will be very tired at the end of the day.
After a week I got a call for the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral battery all based on their 14 Leadership Principles, have your stories ready for each Leadership Principle. I had around 3-4 for each principle. Interview Genie has a great guide on interviewing for Amazon. The recruiter will send you some great materials as well. I prepped for a week prior to my loop interview.