I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Austin, TX) in Jan 2024
Interview
1. I went through an online work simulation which was about 1h long + a personality test.
2. I was invited to an pre-interview call to get prepped for the interview (make sure you are in a quite room, use headphones, answer questions in the STAR method, use "I" not "we".
3. I had the actual interview with the hiring manager for exactly 1h. They went over the STAR method again and made it very clear that they want me to answer ALL of the questions using that method. The questions were insanely detailed asking for very specific numbers from projects I worked on. You have to try to apply Amazon's leadership principles to every answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a very large project you worked on that was out of your comfort zone? How did you get started and what were the results?
What was a project were you used data to inform a change of direction.
The interview process involved various steps but wasn’t too taxing. You had to meet various people and chat to them about your experience. There wasn’t a task to complete or anything so that was a blessing!
After 8 interviews they told me they were inclined to hire me but just with a lower position. They said that they would have checked if possible and if not they would have made sure to find a position for me in the company. Well, they just ghosted me
All is about OLP. You should prepare about 10 episodes and assume OLPs you might be assigned, and associate with the episodes that match to OLP. It would be better to use different episodes for each interviewer, but you can use same ones.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please tell me an episode that you have difficult challenges but you found the solution and overcame the issue.