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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Aug 25, 2010
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3.0
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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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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Apr 29, 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 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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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Apr 11, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
Applied online. Had two phone interviews. The first phone interview was typical introductory interview. Second one was a technical deep dive. Following the interview got call from recruiting to schedule onsite. Onsite interview was full day - 5 interviewers. Each interviewer focused on a different skill - areas covered were communication, program management, strategic thinking and collaborating/influencing.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Feb 22, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2008 in Seattle, WA (took 2 days)
I felt phone interview to be easy. Person who interviewed was PM.
Later they invited me for f2f interviews. Total 6 interviews. Very technical.
Focus was on distributed systems, shared access, deadlock, designing database, implementing queue using different techniques.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Dec 28, 2009
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2008 in Seattle, WA (took 1+ week)
I received a call from a recruiter who got my resume from an online job portal. There were 2 rounds of phone interviews which were fairly basic. The in person interview was conducted in the head office lasting almost the whole day with 6 different persons. Each interview was roughly 45 mins long. The questions ranged from technical to business. Each of the interviewer had a specific area to test, like technical, analytical, business, customer focus etc.
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I did not negotiate much as I had a good offer that i was happy about. But feel free to negotiate, though from what i know Amazon does not negotiate much.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Program Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Mar 19, 2009 — 5 of 5 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2007 in Seattle, WA (took 3 weeks)
The initial phone interview was thorough yet reasonable. The person doing the interview was paying attention. During the phone interview I was asked to come in for the in-person interview. The in-person interview was a series of 1:1s. 6 to be exact. I was interviewed by both peers and superiors including 2 program mangers, 1 bus dev person, 2 directors and a 1 VP. The interview room I was in was very small - with one table and a couple of chairs.
The follow-up after the interview was not so great and made a good experience fairly negative. There was a promise to get back to me in 1-2 days - it was more like 2-3 weeks. I have heard mixed stories about this.
Advice: Don't BS because they will drill down. You need to be able to back up anything on your resume and anything you say. If you don't know something admit it and do your best to work through the problem. Show your breadth of thought by talking out all possible scenarios. Don't be afraid to challenge what they say or to dig in to what they ask. Get clarification. Question their question (nicely) before answering. They want to see grace under pressure.
You will get a very good feel for Amazon while you are there. Pay attention to the people interviewing you. Do you want to work with them/for them? Ask questions. Look around. Amazon is great for some but not for all. You will want to find that out during the interview. More than most companies I have interviewed with/worked for - Amazon has a distinct culture. The interview is about fit. Make sure it works both ways.
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Reason for Declining
My current company came back with a better offer.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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