Questions would get into a lot of details into past experiences and it was clear some interviewers were looking for something specific but the questions were not transparent
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Phone Interview Questions: Why Amazon? Tell us a success story. Tell us where you will be in 5 years. Tell us what you could have done better? Tell us a time you negotiated. Tell us how did you use data to inform marketing decisions? Tell us a product sold on Amazon. Tell us Amazon competitors. Tell us your strengths. Tell us what you believe your role would be? Per Amazon's Leadership Principles, please give an example from your professional experiences that relates to each principle and & illustrates the principle. Principles are: 1) Customer Obsession. Start with Customer & work back 2) Ownership: Leaders are Owners and never say this is not my job 3) Invent & Simplify: expect and require innovation 4) Leaders are right a lot. Have strong judgments and seek diverse opinions to disconfirm beliefs. 5) Learn & Be Curious. Never done learning. explore 6)Hire & Develop the best. 7) Insist on high standards. Relentlessly high. Raising the bar. 8) Think Big. create and communicate a bold direction. 9) Bias for Action. Speed matters. Value calculated risks. 10) Frugality. Do more with less. 11) Earn trust. Listen. Speak candid. respect others. 12) Have a Backbone. Disagree and commit to a direction when decision is made. Audit. be Skeptical 13) Deliver Results
All interviews were focused on leadership principles, and required me to talk through scenarios in context of the principles. Since this interview was for a product manager - technical role, I was asked some questions related to agile software development, and had to also submit a writing exercise.
Everyone asks about Amazon leadership principle examples in my career history.
What is the North Star or key metric that guides you with planning your product road map?
- What is largest team you managed? - Questions on forecasting, causality, and various ways to solve the product shortages? - What is largest team you managed? - Questions on forecasting, causality, and various ways to solve the product shortages. - What is largest team you managed? He seemed disappointed when I mentioned only a small team - he was expecting obviously an answer that I managed 200 + or something - Questions on forecasting, causality, and various ways to solve the product shortages. - One Interviewer stopped me and said that he is not looking for that - obviously it was a value not within the 14 principles that he needs to check off
A couple of questions regarding your knowledge in technology project could be a couple a questions about software projects too.
The job description is an exact description of the job, and describes the position precisely. But if you insist, where are you having problems with the job description?
Can you work for a demanding boss that expects you to be on 24/7 when you are at the end stages of planning an event?
How do I feel about living in Arkansas
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