Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite l'università. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon nel mese di nov 2012
Colloquio
Plan to have two rounds of interviews, two interviews in each with 2 different people in the room (so 4 people in each round, 8 in total). You will be asked to tell a story which demonstrates one of Leadership Principles (published on Amazon website), and will need to answer in STAR format (Situation, Task, Action, Result). In the second round one of the interviewers will be a bar-raiser who will try to catch you off guard by doubting your actions or impact or in some way annoy and put pressure on you. The best way to pass him/her is to stay calm and stick to the story.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
One of the interviewers might ask a case question. Example: what would you do if you are a manager of X product (Kindle, Instant Video etc) and your product is unprofitable. You would need to show good structure on how to think through this problem, and remember to always start with the customer. Be prepared to be asked "What else?" several times in a row, just keep going.
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?