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Updated Nov 3, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Nov 3, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
I got the interview call in one week after my application. The interview was scheduled a week after that. It was mostly behavioral and qualitative case study.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Oct 29, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 4+ weeks)
Contacted by recruiter. Two phone interviews and then they flew me in to visit. I had contact with several people throughout the process so there were a couple of communication problems. I showed them samples of my work and
It seemed like they made up this position and started looking for a special person to fill it without having a good idea of who they were looking for. The hiring manager described a job that was different from the job description. It could have been their approach at scoping people out throughout the industry to see what's going on outside of Amazon. They said they are not "moving forward for the role" but it's still up on their careers site. Who knows.
Everybody was very nice.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took 4 weeks)
Excellent recruiting and phone interview process. Challenging questions dealing with hypothetical situations where there was no real answer, but insight into thinking process.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Jun 12, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 1 week)
It took 3 days to get an interview once my resume was submitted. The staffing agency sent me an e-mail Thursday at 4pm asking if I could be at Amazon for 3 in-person interviews the next morning. I said sure (I had been out of work for almost 2.5 years-though one year of that I had been in school for my MS degree).
I did research on glassdoor and really had no idea what to expect other than NOT to wear a suit.
The first person showed up, very casually and we chatted about the new office (it was two months old in SLU area) and tried to find the conference room (which we eventually did). He asked about stuff on my resume. Then, he asked me to go to the whiteboard. He gave me a product and deadline and asked what I would do. He posed a few more challenges and asked what I would do.
The next interviewer focused more on my resume. He was the sensei black belt and asked about my Lean Six Sigma training and how I've utilized that in past projects. The whole interview process was very laid back. These people were very friendly. We laughed and it seemed very informal (other than there were key questions that they were supposed to ask).
The third interviewer was the boss. He seemed to ask the toughest questions. Again, very laid back guy. Asked how I would solve further problems with even tighter deadlines. Think outside the box when giving answers, they really value that!
At the end, I asked the manager when I would hear back. The interview was Friday and he said they had more interviews scheduled and those would wrap up Tuesday. So Tuesday or Wednesday, I would know from my staffing agency about my performance. I received an e-mail about 3 hours after the conclusion of the interview saying they wanted to HIRE ME! YAH!
I do not know if I got lucky with the interviewers but I really felt more at ease with the whole process than I have at any other company. They were professional yet laid back. The focus was more on my problem solving skills than my past performance (though that is what got me in the door). The biggest reason why I would say the interview was a success was the company is aligned with my values. I value flexibility in scheduling, non formal dress code, good management and their openness to listen to low man on the totem pole, and working w/ smart people.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted May 27, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 (took 4 weeks)
I had two phone interviews, both were mostly technical. The first interviewer wasn't very friendly. Waiting for an onsite interview as I was invited for 3rd round panel interviews.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 26, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Seattle, WA (took 2 months)
Amazon's internal recruiter contacted me via email with a job description. After several calls back and forth, he setup 2 phone interviews with technical staff from two different departments that were interested in my background.
Both phone interviews were behavioral and case based. "Amazon is planning to launch a new product X. Describe how would you go about determining if Amazon should go ahead with the plan..."
After the phone interviews, recruiter contacted me back (after 1 week) to invite me to Amazon's HQ in Seattle for face-to-face interview. (I am not based in Seattle).
During my visit to HQ, I met with 6 people from different departments on the same day. Most of the questions were business-focused and case-based. One of the interviews was focused on problem-solving skills. Everyone was pleasant to meet and friendly during the interviewing process.
After returning home, I send a thank you note to the recruiter, which was returned undelivered. Apparently, the recruiter was no longer with the company. After several more attempts to reach someone familiar with the interview status, I got in touch with the original recruiter who promised to follow-up with person who would be responding to me.
After about a month, I received an email stating that at this time they will not be extending an offer to me.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Oct 12, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2009 (took 2 weeks)
Recruiter found my resume in the database and contacted me, asking me if I am open to opportunities as a technical program manager. After exchanging a few emails, an in-house recruiter contacted me and scheduled me for a phone screen with the group senior director. The director contacted me and went over my resume, and then he started quizzing on general SDLC scenarios. Things went fine until we got to the situational problem: how would you, as an individual contributor, take a certain feature that you think is valuable and convince the senior VP's to productize it? I tried the prototype approach (build a working demo myself and pitch it), present it, collect feedback and iterate; he explained this would not work given I only have one shot at it, and was looking for a more systematic slideshow approach. I figured at that point things weren't going well but the interviewer showed a high level of courtesy and professionalism and did not at any point make me feel uncomfortable. The following day I received an email from the in-house recruiter telling me they decided not to proceed with the process.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Aug 27, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 (took a day)
A lot of detailed server peformance issues questions. A detailed performance scenario including ping and BW details. A detailed work through of a product cycle.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Aug 25, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 (took a day)
I was referred by a friend to a particular group but the roles I was looking for were more Product manager type. When they called me for a Program Manager role, the interviewers were very friendly and we did talk a lot about the company and the role. I however did tell them that I was looking more for a Product manager role. They took notes and said they will submit it back to the system where some other team will review and respond.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Apr 29, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 (took a day)
Had one interview with the Kindle manager. He gave a backgrond about him and asked me to talk about myself. Based on what I spoke about my strengths and passions he asked me for my areas of imporovemnets which I feel I can do better. It was all situational questions - there is no right or wrong answer, it all depends on how you present it with data points.
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