Solicité el puesto a través de la recomendación de un empleado. El proceso duró 8 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon (El Cairo, ) en ene 2020
Entrevista
Several phases. First you get approached by the HR for a phone a screening interviews. Very old school, interview questions. I was even asked where do you see yourself in 5 years?!
Then a number of online tests.
Then a phone interview with the hiring manager and then the onsite interview loop which is a number of interviews with the hiring manager again, HR, and someone amazon calls the Bar raiser.
During these phases you move on to the structured interview questions where you must answer using the STAR approach.
They have 14 leadership principles that they worship. You need to study those 14 principles and prepare situations for each one of them using the STAR method. If you don't have at least 2 situations for each leadership principle, don't even bother showing up for the interview.
Try to be dramatic with your stories. For example, tell me about a time when you had to Dive Deep. Saying that I had to read all the technical details of project X is a right answer, but it's boring. They don't like that. Also try to quantify your answers as much as possible, they love talking numbers.
Screening call with recruiter, followed by 3 back-to-back interview loops. Interviews focused primarily on behavioral questions tied to Amazon Leadership Principles, along with an Excel assessment testing analytical and data manipulation skills.
The process was well-structured and followed Amazon’s typical interview format:
1. Recruiter Screening
* Initial discussion about experience, role scope, and expectations
* Basic behavioral and background questions
2. Hiring Manager Interview
* Focus on past experience, business impact, and ownership
* Mix of behavioral and situational questions
3. Interview Loop (3–5 interviews)
* Multiple interviewers covering different Amazon Leadership Principles
* Included a Bar Raiser interview
* Heavy focus on:
* Decision-making
* Trade-offs
* Metrics and impact
* Depth of ownership
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Useless leadership principles framed in behavioral question. Tell me about a time when
You start with an online assessment, which is relatively easy. Then a recruiter reaches out to you if you pass and will ask standard hiring questions. After which, you will then have a phone screen interview and if you pass, you do an interview loop with 5 people. Which is insane for a role that does not pay 100K annually. They also make you go prepare 12-20 STAR stories that you should pretty much memorize.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Tell me about a time you invented a process to make things simpler
