I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
After Applying, I received a phone call for a screening. Did well, so another call a week later for a second phone screening. Did well enough for an in person interview.
Went to Seattle, and hd 8 interviews. All but one seemed to go well, that was the dreaded interview with the individual who has veto power over your acceptance. I enjoyed the culture, the people, but guess it wasn't meant to be
Interview process is challenging but expected as everything you need to know is available online. They will schedule you with 4 employees from the team or organization you will work with and 1 completely separated from your organization as a "bar raiser". No need to work to impress one specific person, know 12-14 differentiated STAR formatted stories by memory.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to sacrifice short-term gain for long-term success. What did you do? What was the outcome?
3 loops of 45 min interviews with people from different teams I would work together with if I get hired, Standard behavioral questions, 3 to 4 per interview and a few follow-up questions to each answers, follow-up styles differ by the interviewer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you created a metric to identify a need for change.
Not great. Very first interview had no proper introduction to the role and was not with HR, interviewee went straight into a case study within 5 minutes. Didn't seem interested in my actual work background.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one difficult thing you've experienced and overcome?
