The interview process was good, hiring team was responsive. I had a positive interview experience. First round of phone screen. Then the loop which has 4-5 interviews. All behavioral based questions.
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They focused on Amazon's leadership principle questions
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Amazon focuses on behavioral interviewing (“Give me an example of a time when…”, “Tell me about a specific project when…”) in order to better understand the granular details of your experience.
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Question 1
a) Tell me about a time you had to make a decision to make short-term sacrifices for long-term gains, and, b) Tell me about a time you had to make a decision without much customer data.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2022
Interview
STAR system as per recruiter. Interview via video. Interviewer did not seem interested in being there at all from the moment the video came on based on body language (red flag?). Probably better off to go back to just a phone screen in this case. Did not get a follow up. However, later on found from the news that Amazon was laying off more than 10K and that they were posting ~3 times more openings there were actually approved positions. While initially confused why a hiring manager looked so uninterested in doing an interview, I can see now it was probably a sign of what was to come. Looking at the positive, did not have to spend time preparing for additional interview rounds for a position that may not have been approved at all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The STAR system questions. They seem to go by their book.