I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2019
Interview
IQ test followed by a 45 minute phone interview. Although I was prepared for the interview and worked on that for 2 weeks and answered the questions appropriately, I did not get an offer.. Which was very frustrating and disappointing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All the questions regarding Amazon Leadership Principles and answering them with a STAR method.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Singapur) in Feb 2019
Interview
Interview process starts with with recruiter call explaining through the job description and go through my past experience. then first round of phone interview with the hiring manager and a second round of phone interview with another team mate. followed by presentation with 2 team members and the final round of competency based interview with about 6 other members
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What unintended consequence might happen if you only optimized for profit?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (München, Bavaria) in Jul 2018
Interview
- great automated process, with a great interview guide
- hard to get selected to be invited for an interview
- reimbursement of travel costs
- many interviews (2-3 phones interviews, 4-5 interviews during a day at their office)
- lot's of prep needed
- only want the best, but do not want to pay the premium for it
- no company car offered
- looking for young talented people who come cheap and which they can burn out in 2-3 years
- don't offer a good package to senior people
- you will receive no feedback after the interview, which is not good
- hard to get a job if you are older than 40
- need to work on their reputation in the industry if they want to attract good people
- don't seem to see talent, as they focus too much on their interview process and individual rating
- there seems to be a lot of fluctuation at AWS middle management
- start-up character which they seem to be proud of
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- checked on many of their leadership principles
- AWS CEO role play "Global Financial Group" bank case study for in office interview day