So had a second interview (phone) with the hiring manager for a finance position at Amazon. Man, she sounded bored out of her mind, as if she didn't want to be on the phone right from the beginning. So recruiter is supposed to get back to me in a couple of day. Not keeping my hopes high at all. Oh by the way, could not answer one of the questions as could not quickly think of a scenario," tell me a time when you were investigating an issue and found another one and at the end both issues had the same root cause". How in the world are you supposed to come up with such a specific example at the spur of the moment
That would be common scenario for the field resources.
Same experience, very bad organized. Someone called me and ask if I'm still interested, because I did not show up in the interview. I never got an invite ore agreed to a date/time
In my Amazon interview I had a question where I couldn't think of anything and I still got the job
Let's hope history repeats itself
As a hiring manager myself, I can correlate. Yesterday made a phone interview with a candidate that I already knew that I did not want for the job position. However, giving that he/she was indicated by one of my best employees, I wanted to show consideration. Tried to sound positive on the phone, because perhaps it could be a good candidate. But it proved not to be what I am really looking for. I am sure that he could tell at the end of the interview that I was not enthusiastic.
If you make it to the next round be prepared for another 6 or 7 hours of that - super generic behavioral/scenario questions picked from a list with your interviewer meticulously typing notes instead of engaging in the conversation. They claim it makes for good hiring decisions but I refuse to believe that.
This seems like the 80/20 rule question, very frequently asked to Management type candidates. Basically 80% of issues (effects) root from 20% of causes. It's a great question, but if you have never dealt with Process Improvement or Continuous Improvement then it might be a tough one to answer. Oh yeah by the way this was linked to the ' Insist on Higest Standards' leadership principle.
Well, got a rejection this morning which was expecting based on the interviewer's demeanor during the entire call. Pretty quick rejection though, keeping in mind that the interview was yesterday afternoon. There is always tomorrow but interesting experience to say the least
Tell me about a time when you knew you were rejected after a phone screen due to a stupid ass "tell me about a time" question, and rejection came quick, and you'd rather work at fb or goog anyway?
Strong no hire.
Meaning no chance at all??
I wouldn't get my hopes high. Amazon really values leadership principles and that's literally how we talk at Amazon. The question was a test to see if you can speak the same language.