Amazon Interview

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Anonymous wrote:It's be a rinse and repeat through all 5 interviews.

I can attest to this. You can use the same answers for most of the interviews.

+1 to rinse and repeat, but they told me I'd have to to have a different answer for each iteration of the question.

Different people - how would they know?? My DH didn't and he works there.

I was told interviewers compare notes after the loop and if you answered "how did you deal with a difficult person?" with the "Larla from marketing" response each time, you'd get dinged for "lack of a breadth of experience."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's be a rinse and repeat through all 5 interviews.

I can attest to this. You can use the same answers for most of the interviews.

+1 to rinse and repeat, but they told me I'd have to to have a different answer for each iteration of the question.

Different people - how would they know?? My DH didn't and he works there.

I was told interviewers compare notes after the loop and if you answered "how did you deal with a difficult person?" with the "Larla from marketing" response each time, you'd get dinged for "lack of a breadth of experience."

I can attest that just doesn't happen. Ever. They fill out a template form and send to HR.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's be a rinse and repeat through all 5 interviews.

I can attest to this. You can use the same answers for most of the interviews.

+1 to rinse and repeat, but they told me I'd have to to have a different answer for each iteration of the question.

Different people - how would they know?? My DH didn't and he works there.

I was told interviewers compare notes after the loop and if you answered "how did you deal with a difficult person?" with the "Larla from marketing" response each time, you'd get dinged for "lack of a breadth of experience."

I can attest that just doesn't happen. Ever. They fill out a template form and send to HR.

We do it in my division, we always have a debrief.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's be a rinse and repeat through all 5 interviews.

I can attest to this. You can use the same answers for most of the interviews.

+1 to rinse and repeat, but they told me I'd have to to have a different answer for each iteration of the question.

Different people - how would they know?? My DH didn't and he works there.

I was told interviewers compare notes after the loop and if you answered "how did you deal with a difficult person?" with the "Larla from marketing" response each time, you'd get dinged for "lack of a breadth of experience."

I can attest that just doesn't happen. Ever. They fill out a template form and send to HR.

We do it in my division, we always have a debrief.

+1

And interviewers do compare notes. There was a mention on a debrief I did about the candidate using the same JOB for each example. They would for sure ding you if you use the same situation for several questions (unless you are fresh out of school).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's be a rinse and repeat through all 5 interviews.

I can attest to this. You can use the same answers for most of the interviews.

+1 to rinse and repeat, but they told me I'd have to to have a different answer for each iteration of the question.

Different people - how would they know?? My DH didn't and he works there.

I was told interviewers compare notes after the loop and if you answered "how did you deal with a difficult person?" with the "Larla from marketing" response each time, you'd get dinged for "lack of a breadth of experience."

I can attest that just doesn't happen. Ever. They fill out a template form and send to HR.

We do it in my division, we always have a debrief.

+1

And interviewers do compare notes. There was a mention on a debrief I did about the candidate using the same JOB for each example. They would for sure ding you if you use the same situation for several questions (unless you are fresh out of school).

Do they tell you to use different examples? Why would one get dinged if it’s an appropriate example that answers the question? Why does a candidate need to talk about multiple examples of dealing with a difficult person to be considered for a job? These screening mechanisms are so baffling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's be a rinse and repeat through all 5 interviews.

I can attest to this. You can use the same answers for most of the interviews.

+1 to rinse and repeat, but they told me I'd have to to have a different answer for each iteration of the question.

Different people - how would they know?? My DH didn't and he works there.

I was told interviewers compare notes after the loop and if you answered "how did you deal with a difficult person?" with the "Larla from marketing" response each time, you'd get dinged for "lack of a breadth of experience."

I can attest that just doesn't happen. Ever. They fill out a template form and send to HR.

We do it in my division, we always have a debrief.

We absolutely debrief like this in my org, and we do take notice of the same example being used several times.

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Anonymous wrote:It's be a rinse and repeat through all 5 interviews.

I can attest to this. You can use the same answers for most of the interviews.

+1 to rinse and repeat, but they told me I'd have to to have a different answer for each iteration of the question.

Different people - how would they know?? My DH didn't and he works there.

I was told interviewers compare notes after the loop and if you answered "how did you deal with a difficult person?" with the "Larla from marketing" response each time, you'd get dinged for "lack of a breadth of experience."

I can attest that just doesn't happen. Ever. They fill out a template form and send to HR.

We do it in my division, we always have a debrief.

+1

And interviewers do compare notes. There was a mention on a debrief I did about the candidate using the same JOB for each example. They would for sure ding you if you use the same situation for several questions (unless you are fresh out of school).

Do they tell you to use different examples? Why would one get dinged if it’s an appropriate example that answers the question? Why does a candidate need to talk about multiple examples of dealing with a difficult person to be considered for a job? These screening mechanisms are so baffling.

It's not really like that. It's when someone consistently uses the same scenario multiple times where it COULD fit, but maybe isn't the best answer, that's discouraged.

"Tell me about handling a difficult team member" (Tells story of difficult person)
"Tell me about a challenge you've faced at work and how you handled it" (Tells story of difficult person)
"Tell me about a decision you struggled with and how you came to the conclusion you did and why" (Tells story of difficult person they fired)
"What's an instance where you have had to communicate a delicate matter to someone or deal with an upset customer?" (Tells story of difficult person they fired)

This doesn't really highlight various scenarios you've been in across your working life, just that you had a hell of a time with this person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Their interviews are brutal IMO. I wouldn’t interview again unless I were able to commit several hours to preparing STAR answers to dozens of different behavioral questions.

That's no big deal. Who cares?

[Anonymous]

I just finished my loop round of 5 interviews. We'll see how it pans out. The HR person said I should hear something by Monday or Tuesday. With that said it was an interview for a level 6 position. I currently make $240K. Not even sure if it will be worth the move.

[Anonymous]

This length of interviewing is normal research professors at universities. There are several days of interviews with faculty where you have to schmooze and find different ways of saying how interesting you found all their research topics. So it's not answering behavioral questions, it's reading up on a dozen different research topics, that you are not an expert in, reading up on at least triple the amount of articles recently authored by these faculty members, and trying to work it all into conversation in a flattering manner so they think you're brilliant and scintillating and will produce original research that will reflect well on their choice and the department.

BARF.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It's be a rinse and repeat through all 5 interviews.

I can attest to this. You can use the same answers for most of the interviews.

+1 to rinse and repeat, but they told me I'd have to to have a different answer for each iteration of the question.

Different people - how would they know?? My DH didn't and he works there.

I was told interviewers compare notes after the loop and if you answered "how did you deal with a difficult person?" with the "Larla from marketing" response each time, you'd get dinged for "lack of a breadth of experience."

I can attest that just doesn't happen. Ever. They fill out a template form and send to HR.

Are you a current Amazon employee? Because you are very, very wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just finished my loop round of 5 interviews. We'll see how it pans out. The HR person said I should hear something by Monday or Tuesday. With that said it was an interview for a level 6 position. I currently make $240K. Not even sure if it will be worth the move.

I would say not worth it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's be a rinse and repeat through all 5 interviews.

I can attest to this. You can use the same answers for most of the interviews.

+1 to rinse and repeat, but they told me I'd have to to have a different answer for each iteration of the question.

Different people - how would they know?? My DH didn't and he works there.

I was told interviewers compare notes after the loop and if you answered "how did you deal with a difficult person?" with the "Larla from marketing" response each time, you'd get dinged for "lack of a breadth of experience."

I can attest that just doesn't happen. Ever. They fill out a template form and send to HR.

We do it in my division, we always have a debrief.

+1

And interviewers do compare notes. There was a mention on a debrief I did about the candidate using the same JOB for each example. They would for sure ding you if you use the same situation for several questions (unless you are fresh out of school).

So 5 rounds of interviews with multiple candidates and after each interview everyone gets together to compare notes. Must be a very efficient place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's be a rinse and repeat through all 5 interviews.

I can attest to this. You can use the same answers for most of the interviews.

+1 to rinse and repeat, but they told me I'd have to to have a different answer for each iteration of the question.

Different people - how would they know?? My DH didn't and he works there.

I was told interviewers compare notes after the loop and if you answered "how did you deal with a difficult person?" with the "Larla from marketing" response each time, you'd get dinged for "lack of a breadth of experience."

I can attest that just doesn't happen. Ever. They fill out a template form and send to HR.

We do it in my division, we always have a debrief.

+1

And interviewers do compare notes. There was a mention on a debrief I did about the candidate using the same JOB for each example. They would for sure ding you if you use the same situation for several questions (unless you are fresh out of school).

So 5 rounds of interviews with multiple candidates and after each interview everyone gets together to compare notes. Must be a very efficient place.

What’s amazing is they have rampant HIRE TO FIRE on top of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just finished my loop round of 5 interviews. We'll see how it pans out. The HR person said I should hear something by Monday or Tuesday. With that said it was an interview for a level 6 position. I currently make $240K. Not even sure if it will be worth the move.

I doubt level 6 comp is anywhere close to what you currently make.