I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2016
Interview
Interviewer was introduced by first name only. The interviewer asked general questions about my background followed by questions on a specific product development life cycle I had worked on. Finally the interviewer proceeded to "behavioral based" questioning. I was asked to describe a time in which I had failed to meet objectives.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time in the past in which I had failed as a product manager.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2016
Interview
There were 2 round each was virtual. In each round I had two separate interviews. The interviews consisted primarily of behavioral questions in the first round with a deep emphasis on my background. In the second round I interviewed directly with PMs in different areas. These interviews were about half background/behavioral and half case. The cases were specific to the group of the person I was interviewing with, which made me believe they were seeing how I think if they wanted to take me into their specific group.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please discuss one failure of reaching a metric in the past two years and why?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Milán) in Apr 2016
Interview
- 45 Minutes phone interview first (soft skills) mostly competency based questions + some mathemtatic/logic question (probability/percentage...)
- After the phone interview, if successfull, they set a 5 rounds interview in home. Very hard, all day long with them, facing different managers (45 minutes each interviewer). Mostly competency based, but they went very in-deep and sometimes it is hard to recall what exactly happened in that occasion. I had also an excel business case about pricing hypothesis. Everything has been really stressfull and hard.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me when you had to face a situation where you have seen a bigger opportunity than what requested.