Cultural fit (interviewer/interviewee experience)
What do you ask? What do you want to candidate to demonstrate? I am mostly interested in the in the interviewer side of the story, but interviewee happy/horror stories are welcome too. What do you write in the report when the candidate failed the cultural test, but did well coding things?
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Amazon ugfth May 23, 2018
How are you currently determining whether the candidate failed the cultural test?
HERE PulsSurvey May 23, 2018
I donât think we do cultural tests at all. Hence the question from OP. How do you, big Amazon boys, do it?
Amazon gueyvd May 23, 2018
It's mainly questions on leadership principles - I haven't done many interviews but it tends to be data driven. You don't often hear in a debrief someone saying "I don't think I like him" or "he's not a good fit in my team", it's usually pretty objective.
I ask myself: will I enjoy working with this person?
Whatâs the indicator? I am disappointed when I see the candidate stop trying to crack the coding problem or starting guessing wildly.
Isnât that the point where youâre supposed to jump back in and gently guide them back on track?