Pre-screening from their recruiter was not the best. Kept trying to lower my salary expectation. Their base salary is low compare to Google's. There were 4 rounds, 1 hour each round, with 4 different teams. Each round involves solving some technical questions. You spend half a day at their office.
Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 1 día. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon (Chennai) en dic 2011
Entrevista
Interviewer called me at the appointed time.It lasted 1 hour.Interview was for Dev manager position.I gave a chronological narration of all the projects that I had done in the last 12 years.He was more interested in the roles that I have managed teams.He said he will get back to me after about a couple of days.Probably he will, after holidays in Jan 2012.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
He asked me about how I had managed teams in some of the projects that I had worked as a lead
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 3 días. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon (Vancouver, BC) en mar 2017
Entrevista
Phone interview only. Prior Amazon employee, so I also know the way they (used to) do in person interviews. The typical Amazon phone screen is super subjective ... they generally look for a variety of key words and then give feedback to the hiring manager.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Focus in the phone interview was clearly whether I was a hands on developer still. Some dev managers are focused on people, understanding business, people management, understanding product, scrum/agile. Some are purely focused on how good a developer you are FIRST and the "manager" part second. Each has their pros and cons. I am no longer hands on and thus this was not a good fit.