I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2012
Interview
This is the most interesting interviewing process that I had with any company.
This is the email I sent to the HR person
Thank you for the email. I do know that Amazon does not give any explanation on what really happened. There is no room to learn and give myself an opportunity to be successful.
Interestingly, this is my third interview (for 3 different Product Managers) with Amazon and I frankly do not understand what Amazon is looking for. If I am not a worthy candidate, why do I keep on getting interviews. If I do not have the skills needed, I would not get past 3 1st round interviews. Most of the places I get my interviews and jobs, it is not this weird and different. Am not sure if it is worth trying for any more jobs at Amazon in the future.
Have an MSEE and a MBA from reputed universities, have enough experience to play a good role in the Kindle group or Digital teams, but I guess that is not enough.
Amazon may be one of the best companies in the world, but I do not want to torture myself or put myself through unsuccessful attempts and interesting scenarios by the recruiting teams and hiring managers anymore.
I went above and beyond trying to get in touch with you calling from Europe
(even after there was a mess up at your end). I was talking to the teams in Seattle at 12am/1am at my end to accommodate your schedules for making it to the group interviews.
You do realize that there are a of lot of people in my situation and I hope this does not act negatively for Amazon in the long run. I would like to request you to take me off the list in the future job opportunities at Amazon. I am sure my skill sets are taken into consideration more at a different place.
Please forward this to the upper management if needed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a decision that did not work in your favor and how did you respond to it.
First I passed the assessment its not an easy one, next step is phone screen 1 hour interview, my recruiter shared helpful information; connect 12 LP's to your work examples using a STAR method, 2-3 examples per LP.
Process was relatively straight forward, I didn’t make it to the loop. What I can tell you is the recruiter will be overly excited about you as they are with all candidates. They’ll tell you, you can expect to hear back in two days for feedback. Truth is, if they reject you then you will not hear back within 2 days it will be more like a week. Silence means you aren’t getting the job, they’re very binary.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When did you make a choice no one asked you for? Why?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxembourg)
Interview
Good interview, reached the marathon loop of interviews. It was intense and quite focused on STAR stories obviously. Got some nice feedbacks as well to improve in case I managed to get another interview in a few months
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you manage a conflicting situation with a peer ?