Amazon Program Manager interview questions

2 weeks after employee referral was acknowledged, I was contacted, then my interview was scheduled for a week later. I didn’t technically apply to the position. I prepped intensely for a while going over examples for the leadership principles. Prior to this I passed the cloud practitioner exam which deepened my knowledge of cloud computing and was a great intro to amazon language. After the interview with the hiring manager I heard back positive news hours later. they scheduled me for a second round with the head of the department about a week after my first deep dive phone interview. It lasted for 45mins. The next day I was contacted to schedule the final virtual interview (the loop), which was 2 wks from then. It was a long, intense day where I interviewed with about 7 people.

Amazon has 14 Leadership Principles (knowns as 14LP) which are not just principles but Amazon breathes on them. I could witness the strong presence of all few LPs during the course of the interview. One of the important Leadership Principles is "Hire and Develop the Best". The whole interview process is an epitome of the same. The interview process started with a telephonic conversation with the recruiter. She planned an initial screening round with the Hiring Manager. The round was about 40 minutes long wherein the hiring manager was eager to know about my current job responsibilities and how well am I suited for the applied position. Additionally, he described the JD in detail and put forward his expectations. The Hiring Manager signaled a Go-Green to the recruiter which followed a series of interviews. In the time of COViD-19, the interviews were all conducted on the Amazon Chime platform, which is one of the best online meeting platforms I have ever witnessed and experienced. 4 rounds each 45min-1hour were planned on the Amazon Chime platform. The interview was centered around the Leadership Principles and my experience/instances from the previous job that would relate to the LPs. The interviewers were a part of the team for which the job position was released. All the 4 rounds were over in two days. A week later, my final round was planned. This was a Bar-Raiser (one of its kind of interview). The interviewer was from a different team and had a long, enriched experience in interviewing candidates for various positions. This too happened on Chime. All in all, the interview was a rich experience where the interviewers would ask questions around LPs and then shoot the follow-up questions. They listened very patiently and made note of the inputs that I provided. And yes, they are mad for data! After 5 days, I got the result confirmation over the phone.