Amazon Programming Manager interview questions

Was prepped to answer every single question around leadership principles. Hit it off incredibly well with the hiring manager in the first interview. The recruiter would only communicate via email and refused to return a call. I had a second over the phone and figured I didnt need to script as much, but I was wrong. Answer everything around a leadership principle and tie it to a number impact. Its unfortunate they dont hire someone that doesnt fit in their specific box because it is against diversity of thought, bias for action and agree to disagree. They probably wouldn't have roles opened for months if they tried something different. I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason and this wasnt meant for me, but I do feel bad that this team has been trying to fit the exact mold of something for 4 months and they are about to go down head too.

Recruiter/Phone Screen, Manager Phone Interviewer, Peer Phone Interview, In-Person Panel Interview. There were several issues with interview scheduling which resulted in stress and delay. At one point, I was waiting 15 minutes on phone, but interviewee didn't even know I was there! She was on vacation! It took nearly two months to get through the phone interviews, when really, it could have been done in under a month. I was told about the on-site interview on a Tuesday afternoon, with the interview itself scheduled Thursday morning, and a writing assignment due in-between. If I could do all of this over again, I totally would have requested at least a week to prepare and work through the writing assignment. I spent the entire day working on it, which left very little time for interview prep. The in-person interview wasn't overly difficult, but it was exhausting! I knew my hiring manager would be based overseas, but it was challenging to have to sit through 3 hours of phone interviews -- without a single break in between. It was uncomfortable talking for so long on the phone, and I didn't feel like I was representing myself as well as I could. The final two interviews were in-person, and those were much more comfortable. Everyone was definitely following a script though, with each person running through 1-2 specific Amazon principles. Read the book. Study the principles. Become one with the principles and you'll do just fine! The position wasn't a perfect fit for me, but I was still happy to have gone through a full interview loop. I think my chances might have been higher if I had had a different recruiter and the scheduling wasn't so slow (and then rushed), but in the end, I wasn't the right person for the job, and I'm totally okay with that as I felt the same way.