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      Senior Product Manager, Digital Music Interview

      11 Mar 2011
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2011

      Interview

      Setting up the interview was an effortless experience...a recruitment rep emailed me asking for 3 different times that I might be available for a 1 hour phone interview. After giving 3 different times, the rep immediately emailed me back that same day with the confirmed time and the team member's name that would be interviewing me. I was pleasantly surprised at how quick, professional and efficient they SEEMED to be. Fast forward to the day of the interview...the Amazon team member that contacted me promptly called at the scheduled time. Upon speaking to him/her, I immediately noticed it was difficult to establish a rapport with the person. His/her tone seemed cold, unenthusiastic and unfriendly right from the beginning to be honest. I asked the interviewer how his/her name is pronounced (as it was a difficult one) and he/she answered, "whatever, i don't care, everyone says it differently" in a snobbish way. I immediately felt uncomfortable and this being odd for someone who excels in connecting with people. The interviewer literally seemed like he/she was reading from a script as pretty basic questions were asked about my background in a very uninterested manner. As I explained my previous positions, the interviewer couldn't understand what my duties were even after explaining it twice in great detail. I couldn't believe it. It took up almost 20 minutes to finally get the interviewer to understand my experience at one job. In my opinion, I believe the interviewer did not have any kind of background in music business, as he/she struggled to understand my experiences and couldn't move on from the topic. Part of the role of a good and effective interviewer is one who can keep the conversation flowing and know when to move on. This interviewer did not possess any such skills and to me, the interview at no point felt like it had a steady rhythm. It's a shame too, because for the first time I felt like I was not able to accurately make an impression on a potential employer due to an ineffective interviewer. I had a good feeling after the interview that I would not make it passed the first round, but was very surprised that nobody from Amazon followed up with me even after sending thank you emails to the recruitment rep and interviewer the following day. 1 week after the interview I emailed the recruitment rep again asking about the status of the position and the rep emailed back, "Sorry we haven't gotten back to you. I have emailed the recruiter and will follow up with you soon." Never heard back from the rep and that was 2 weeks ago. Very unprofessional, rude and unacceptable in my eyes. They should've at least sent an email (even an automated one) informing me of my status. Instead, they selfishly wasted my time.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      A financial math type question...
      1 Answer