Poor interview procedure. The application did not even require a cover letter and was informed of a rejection over a month later through an email saying the position has closed.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Washington, DC) in Oct 2020
Interview
Applied online. Got word around week later. Set up a call the following week. For 60 mins! I thought it would be some technical but no. Just behavior and went through my resume.
Interview experience: I had a guy interview me and a team member shadow. They didn’t turn on the video call but I did to show myself so I thought that was weird. Big Negative: The interviewer chuckled while reading my resume. So my achievements amuse you? What a Clown. Also the interview was set up for a way too long 60 mins and only came for questions for 30. I used star method in case anyone wants to be the person.
Takeaway: I will interview again and I say no one should be discouraged by one individual. Also I’m a way more technical person. I have applied and interviewed for Data science positions at Amazon and so I would suggest to keep things simple to the interviewer because this guy was clueless for a manager.
Example: he misunderstood what a R package shiny app was for. He thought I was referring it to be shiny in general. Also this wasn’t the time he chuckled.
Ho fatto prima una chiamata informale con l'HR, in cui mi è stato spiegato come si sarebbe svolto a grandi linee il colloquio. Dopodiché, ho fatto un colloquio online di circa un ora: erano due colloqui di mezz'ora ciascuno, con due persone diverse, facenti parti dello stesso team. Erano entrambi project manager, quindi non erano della funzione HR. Mentre parlavano prendevano appunti.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Tell me one time you had to take a difficult decision based on data. When you had to focus on data to take the decision
Tell me one time you were working on a team project and the project took a decision with which you didn't agree but still you had to follow the decision of the team