The first interview was conducted by phone and lasted for about an hour. The interviewer was kind and pleasant to talk to. It was a behavioural-based interview following the STAR method. The prep material that Amazon provided (available in the Amazon jobs page) was helpful. The interviewer offered helpful advice at the end. They recommended sharing more stories of failures or where things didn't necessarily have a favourable outcome.
The second interview followed a similar pattern.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Give me an example of when you did more than what was required in any job experience.
- Tell me about your proudest professional achievement.
- Can you describe your most difficult customer and how you were able to handle their needs?
Was contacted via LinkedIn to have a chat with recruiter. Recruiter sent calendar invitation and was told she would call. She ghosted on our interview and did not answer any follow up emails. Extremely rude and disrespectful behavior from a large company such as Amazon…fyi, you reached out to me. Show some respect
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Washington, DC) in Mar 2021
Interview
The recruiters are well organized and polite overall, however, the internal teams, they are not professional and lack communication amongst each other. Looks like a very hostile work environment after getting to speak and virtually meet internal employees. Appears to treat their employees more like numbers in a rate race, rather than a real career future path with this organization.
Also, there was no diversity at all on the panel of interviewers, as they claim they have. As a minority female I was interviewed by all caucasians, no one of color.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why AWS?
Why are you a good fit?
Tell me a time when you failed?
