J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon
Entretien
Spoke to two senior product management leads. Asked me a variety of questions. The bias towards data driven analysis was clear. Seems many of their PMs come from a "business" background of sales or another non PM background. This made it difficult for me to connect with the interviewer. Worse though was the manner in which I was spoken. Started friendly enough but didn't feel I was having a two way conversation - more being given the third degree. My answers were, at times, interrogated as if I was a guilty school boy telling lies to teacher. Seemed like my (extensive) experience didn't matter and that answers were invalid if it wasn't an exact match for how Amazon operates. I've worked in successful companies who thrive on constructive criticism to improve themselves but they wouldn't think of behaving in this manner in an interview. I'm all for challenging interviewees - in fact I welcome it - but not to the point of insolence. At one point I was answering a question only to be abruptly interrupted and instructed by the interviewer that there was an easy solution to a challenge I was addressing. I responded that their "correction" was invalid given the company I was working in, the budget and the time pressures. They took that on the chin and it's quite possible that my aggressive response may have heightened their interest in me. But I'll never know because my interest in them evaporated instantly. Who wants to work in a company that treats senior interviewees, or anyone for that matter, with such low regard? Literally I was told that my existing experience (15-20 years PM leadership roles) was of limited interest and that they would evaluate me on a few superficial example questions. I've run rings around the interviewers in terms of revenue generating product creation / management so to be spoken to in such a manner was unacceptable and frankly matched the tone highlighted in the NY times article. Given that I experienced similar attitude from the two interviewers I can only conclude it is down to the corporate culture. It's a hot job market.....Amazon should stop treating people like it's an honor to be interviewed by them, it's not. Sure they're a successful company but their non core offerings suck especially the UX. Because their product managers don't have a real grounding in "product" they overly depend on data as a crutch (certainly outside of the core amazon.com shopping experience) and didn't appear to value UX and product design. Their customers are not robots.....but neither are the candidates who interview with them. Time to start treating both a lot differently.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon en juin 2026
Entretien
No HR screen; you answer those questions over email. You do a ridiculous project simulation where you answer emails. Paradoxically it’s interesting yet cheesy at the same time. Very unique but not that difficult. Then the first real interview. Rarely with the direct hiring manager; usually someone else in the org but not this direct team. So it’s useless to research the department. In fact, it’s better to prepare your strong STAR examples. They probe deep, which is fine. They heavily expect numbers. The more you can spout out random numbers (it’s okay, no one will verify) the better. The final round is more of the same — Just more STAR interviews, 2 per session, 4 sessions total. The people in this round are even more critical and harsh than the previous rounds. All done by people who have worked here for 5+ years and have never left — or if they did they came from another FANG company. So they’re all typically arrogant and jaded and negative or on the way to getting there. Finally they all have this weird verbal communication style where they just talk on and on like they expect you to interrupt them — but it’s an interview so you have to be polite can’t interrupt them. So like what the heck.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
A time you had to mediate a conflict between two stakeholders. A time you had to dig deep into the data.
It had 6 rounds- heavily focussed on leadership principles. they really do cross question almost every other example.......... You get multiple interviewers across the organisation. I thought- the questions were repetitive after one point.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Mention a time when you could give the customer what they asked for ?
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon
Entretien
1. Initial Screening: It begins with a recruiter sync.
2. The "Loop": It's a 5-to-6-round panel interview focusing on deep technical skills, system design, leadership principles, or domain expertise depending on the role.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to take a risk or make a decision with incomplete information.