Amazon Manager interview questions

Hiring/interview process was smooth and efficient. I received an email from HR about three weeks after submitting my employment application. After a single phone interview, I was asked to visit the Seattle office for an in-person interview with the team. Interviews consisted of 1-2 people in back-to-back 1 hour sessions. I entered the interview with slight trepidation due some of the articles I read online about the oppressive culture at Amazon. I quickly discovered that much of the fanfare was likely isolated to distinct teams or areas of the company. The team that interviewed me was fantastic - incredibly diverse, motivated, and talented. Ultimately, I did not receive an offer, but was still impressed by the culture and workplace environment that I witnessed in my short time there.

Applied and took just under a month to hear from a recruiter and schedule an interview with a manager. Heard back from the recruiter within 2 days of the phone interview. I prepared based on the Amazon job interview website and information that was provided from the recruiter. The phone interview conversation felt very one-way and rushed. It was as if the interviewer wasn’t engaged or listening to my responses. I knew I didn’t get it at the end because he barely left time for me to ask any questions and hung up rather abruptly. Overall the questions were straight forward, and I recognize that I probably overthought the interview because they make it feel so stressful to answer a specific way and highlight specific leadership principles. In retrospect I think I lost my chance by over-glorifying the company and thinking too much about what they wanted, instead of being myself.