Our operations kick off significant cash. How would you go about funding store expansion in countries in which Wal-Mart has a small foot print? Specifically, would you make a USD denominated loan to the subsidiary or have them get in country/in currency funding?
Questions would get into a lot of details into past experiences and it was clear some interviewers were looking for something specific but the questions were not transparent
One Eg.: Tell me something you have done other than your job role?
conflict with team
Can you describe your most difficult customer and how you were able to handle their needs?
The call itself was strange. I asked questions about the product, who was involved in the past, the current status, who would be involved in the future, how the interviewer imagined it would evolve, the existing challenges, how much work had been done on the business case, how far technical development had progressed, etc. The interviewer stated they had primary responsibility for the product currently, and answered my questions--but it was clear that their thoughts on both the business case, the product itself, and how he was going to allocate his existing development resources was actively evolving during the call. He was clarifying his thoughts and plans based on our conversation. It was also clear that I was merely serving as a facilitator, not really being interviewed. The interviewer was taking the opportunity to put the product roadmap and current plan through it's paces.
Phone Interview Questions: Why Amazon? Tell us a success story. Tell us where you will be in 5 years. Tell us what you could have done better? Tell us a time you negotiated. Tell us how did you use data to inform marketing decisions? Tell us a product sold on Amazon. Tell us Amazon competitors. Tell us your strengths. Tell us what you believe your role would be? Per Amazon's Leadership Principles, please give an example from your professional experiences that relates to each principle and & illustrates the principle. Principles are: 1) Customer Obsession. Start with Customer & work back 2) Ownership: Leaders are Owners and never say this is not my job 3) Invent & Simplify: expect and require innovation 4) Leaders are right a lot. Have strong judgments and seek diverse opinions to disconfirm beliefs. 5) Learn & Be Curious. Never done learning. explore 6)Hire & Develop the best. 7) Insist on high standards. Relentlessly high. Raising the bar. 8) Think Big. create and communicate a bold direction. 9) Bias for Action. Speed matters. Value calculated risks. 10) Frugality. Do more with less. 11) Earn trust. Listen. Speak candid. respect others. 12) Have a Backbone. Disagree and commit to a direction when decision is made. Audit. be Skeptical 13) Deliver Results
All interviews were focused on leadership principles, and required me to talk through scenarios in context of the principles. Since this interview was for a product manager - technical role, I was asked some questions related to agile software development, and had to also submit a writing exercise.
Fit for the position
Everyone asks about Amazon leadership principle examples in my career history.
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