Have an on site in NY for a non-tech role at amazon. Any tips for the “bar raiser” interview? I’ve heard it’s brutal
My Seattle bar raiser just asked LP
It is smart to have 2-3 good examples of each leadership principle in situation/task/action/result format.
Is it ok to repeat examples since there are multiple rounds or do you need different answers for every interviewer?
+1 having multiple examples is VERY important. I only had one example for most and had several awkward moments when I had to think of a half baked example on the fly. Interviewed as SDE II but only got offer for SDE I
Had no idea which one was a bar raiser at my interview.
It will be the one that is not asking heavy technical questions and is not a manager for the role you're applying to. You can simply ask the interviewer if they work on the team you'll be joining and what their experience on it has been like so far. The bar raiser won't be on that team, and you should have your answer right there without having to ask who the bar raiser is.
So according to this it was the first guy
I studied and internalized the leadership principles for weeks, thought through relevant stories and wrote them out longhand to prep. Also interviewed for field role. I know of several people that have been hired for AWS field roles that were not well-liked at Microsoft, makes me question the kind of people AWS is after
Bar Raisers are well trained, expert interviewers. The do a lot of interviews and can see through BS and corporate speak. Be as genuine and specific as you can with your answers and talk about what *you* did in those examples. Good luck!
Do Bar Raisers ask probing questions when they think the answer is BS (may be to the point were you feel you are cornered. may be not)? Or do they just raise a red flag in their evaluation form and move on to the next question?
They probe deeply into the answer by asking follow up questions. Individual’s single data points don’t represent a pattern; it’s in the debrief when we start to see if a behavior is a one off or a red flag.
Can you share the brutal stories of BR interviews, that you have come across?
You won’t even know who the bar raiser is. Just speak leadership principles and you’re good