Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon (Londra, Inghilterra) nel mese di set 2017
Colloquio
8 weeks from submitting application to find out if I even had an interview. Had pretty much forgotten about it. Had 2 phone interviews, then was invited for an assessment day. The process was really weird for a product related role. I understand the importance of their principles, but it becomes nothing to do with the job after 2 hours of phone interviews. They cannot assess product, brand, trends, customer knowledge with these questions. The first interviewer admitted they had been looking for a while- I am not surprised!! The recruitment contact wasn't helpful at all- I asked a couple of simple questions before my 2nd interview and never got any replies. Pretty rude as I had invested a lot of time myself. Then when I was asked to come in to meet with Amazon I said that I had accepted a role elsewhere (it was a full day off needed, with 3-4 interviews I was told)- I then really politely explained that I didn't feel the questions asked so far were creative/ fashion/ trend related at all (They didn't even ask me what trends were key, what brands I like or anything), and that the role wasn't what was really being advertised. They wanted someone who had done design/ buying/ merchandising/ trend/ multi product/ branded/ own brand/ product development/ manufacturing.... then asked for a 2 page business plan as if I were launching a brand. It was about 6 roles in one. Hence they've had the vacancy for months. Shame they never replied, hopefully they might take it on board.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
When have you dealt with a time where you got resistance?
What would you say has been your greatest achievement?
When have you had to turn around a task or project?
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Colloquio
Interview process is challenging but expected as everything you need to know is available online. They will schedule you with 4 employees from the team or organization you will work with and 1 completely separated from your organization as a "bar raiser". No need to work to impress one specific person, know 12-14 differentiated STAR formatted stories by memory.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Tell me about a time you had to sacrifice short-term gain for long-term success. What did you do? What was the outcome?
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Colloquio
3 loops of 45 min interviews with people from different teams I would work together with if I get hired, Standard behavioral questions, 3 to 4 per interview and a few follow-up questions to each answers, follow-up styles differ by the interviewer
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Tell me about a time you created a metric to identify a need for change.
Not great. Very first interview had no proper introduction to the role and was not with HR, interviewee went straight into a case study within 5 minutes. Didn't seem interested in my actual work background.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
What is one difficult thing you've experienced and overcome?