Programming Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programming Manager roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Programming Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2010
Interview
Had one interview with the Kindle manager. He gave a backgrond about him and asked me to talk about myself. Based on what I spoke about my strengths and passions he asked me for my areas of imporovemnets which I feel I can do better. It was all situational questions - there is no right or wrong answer, it all depends on how you present it with data points.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Asked me how I would negotiate with external vendors like ATnT to add a new feature (Wi-Fi connectivity at home) when we already have a contract with them on poviding wireless services for kindle device
How do you handle a situation where you have a deadline to meet and your team member had not completed his chunk of work as he was directed by the VP of that department to complete something very important. You are lagging on schedule and there is a direct impact on other projectsif the go-live is changed
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2008
Interview
Applied online. Had two phone interviews. The first phone interview was typical introductory interview. Second one was a technical deep dive. Following the interview got call from recruiting to schedule onsite. Onsite interview was full day - 5 interviewers. Each interviewer focused on a different skill - areas covered were communication, program management, strategic thinking and collaborating/influencing.
The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2008
Interview
I felt phone interview to be easy. Person who interviewed was PM.
Later they invited me for f2f interviews. Total 6 interviews. Very technical.
Focus was on distributed systems, shared access, deadlock, designing database, implementing queue using different techniques.