I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2021
Interview
Recruiter reached out, informal discussion with hiring manager, online interview spread out over several days. Interviews consisted of:
* System Design
* Leadership
* Behavioral
* Simple coding
Most of the interviews were pretty standard. The leadership interviews were largely based on Amazon’s published leadership principles
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you felt strongly about an issue, but turned out to be wrong. What did you do?
Scripted, for specific words. But that also makes it clear what to expect. Practice with the available stories and you are set. All questions are tell me about a time style so prepare well. The system engineering questions are straightforward but prepare to dig deep. Overall, so much info is available that with enough practice you should be ok
Strenuous and long. 2 pre interviews followed by 5 interviews in the day testing all competencies. Interviewers were great. The process was very long and unfortunately missed out to an internal candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you used data to solve a problem.
I applied online, got feedback via email that I was selected for 1st stage interview, provided available timeslots across next 4 weeks or so, then the call was scheduled. All well organized and professional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical/academic questions that seemed to be not related to the role - but around my resume. I didn't like that the interview didn't match (at all :-)) their interview prep guidelines (no behavioral questions etc.) but I appreciated that Amazon designated a very senior guy to spend 1hr just on a screening call.
Senior Engineering Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Engineering Manager roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Senior Engineering Manager according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
One on one interview: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Personality test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Drug test: 7%
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