Amazon Technical Program Manager interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2019
Interview
Applied online for one job and was passed through several recruiters and several phone screens. Onsite was set up from the last phone call after filling out a list of questions. A recruiter will call and detail how the onsite will go, and your travel will be planned out. They pick up the tab.
It is as grueling as advertised, where you are interviewing with 5-8 people over a six hour period. The questions were not difficult if you know your stuff, but the day is a very long one. Lunch is a nice reprieve as you are assigned a lunch buddy. You can discuss work, but we discussed favorite travel places.
Everyone was nice, gracious and made me feel welcome. I stumbled a question at the end of the day but felt really great about the interview and the team. I got an email from the recruiter saying they would debrief and be in touch within a week as they pride themselves on being fast.
I got an email to set up a call 24 hours after the debrief; was rather surprised when told they would not be proceeding with me as a candidate. They are not allowed to give feedback at all, but internal applicants were mentioned in passing. I was told to feel free to apply for any other jobs that interested me. Not sure I will, though.
The negative: I burned 3 vacation days which would have been bought back when my current company shuts it doors. That is around 800 dollars lost, and that will not be reimbursed.
I do think that any interview that does not end with an offer is a waste of time, especially without feedback as to why....however in a litigious society, feedback is verboten.
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Question 1
Signed NDA but all were "tell me about a time" STAR format questions, Know the leadership principles; you are dead in the water without them.
The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Mountain View, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
Hiring Manager Reached out to me randomly on LinkedIn asking to email my resume to specific recruiter A over 2 months ago. Recruiter A has never replied. A month ago I received invitation to recruiting event from recruiter B. The event showed what Amazon culture is like from within. I had hard times to find hiring manager because there was not label on them. Crowd was flocking around hiring manager and recruiters chaotically the whole event.
No response from Amazon after that. Amazon is a very young company with immature culture with lack of basic organizations. Very good place for process allergic employees.
Best of luck to Amazon store in becoming mature technology company!
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2018
Interview
Very good interview, to the point that i even enjoyed the discussion and we both ended up using a lot more time than was initially reserved. but overall the effort was wasted , as was told that i was not suitable soon after.
I believe i even answered everything above and beyond what was asked. And this was concurred in the mirroring feedback of the interviewer replying back to me of my answers. At the end, the interviewer informed that there was no actual position they are looking to fill and it was just a general interview. Which felt strange at the time. Soon after i was told via email that i was not suitable. So i am not sure what the point of the whole exercise was.
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Question 1
Name one project where you failed to deliver and how you dealt with it.