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      Program Manager Interview

      16 Apr 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2021

      Interview

      1. Recruiter call (phone) 2. Face-to-face video call with non-manager 3. The round (six back-to-back interviews) Overall it was a negative experience, but I have some advice for others going into it. First, push hard to talk to the hiring manager in the first few interviews. In mine, the manager was to be the first "face-to-face" interview (online), but they kept pushing and eventually they became the dead-last interview. This was NOT a good situation, because I didn't fully understand what they were looking for until the very last hour of 7 hours of interviewing. Second, the person to impress is the "bar-raiser." There is one person who will ask questions like "how did you make X better" or "how did you go above and beyond?" I was very fatigued at this point and gave pretty limp answers for this. Third, consider hiring a coach to train for the interview. I did for a future interview (not at Amazon) and they ripped my answers apart and gave me feedback. Best to be down a few hundred bucks and have a good-paying job than not to have one at all. Fourth, be prepared for "technical issues." What I mean is that of my 7 interviews face-to-face, miraculously only one of them (the bar-raiser) had a working camera and the rest insisted that they had varying issues (bad camera, bad connection, and one outright said that they don't turn on video because of privacy)... but your camera is on by default. Take that as you want, as you can either elect to turn it off, or even call it out. Fifth, take their 14 leadership principles seriously. They asked me 3 times specifically about which one speaks to me. Finally, prepare a lot of stories. A bit of an annoying thing is that being asked similar questions for multiple hours, you're expected not to repeat relevant stories more than once or twice at most. As for why it was negative, (1) my recruiter was haughty. His exact words when calling me to tell me I was rejected was "We spoke about you at length, and it's going to be a no." He then explained that they have high expectations at Amazon, implying fairly directly that I had not met them. I felt like I was just ejected from the "Mean Girls" table. (2) cultural mismatch. Jeff Bezos (or rather just "Jeff") was brought up at least six times (no hyperbole), and his words and guidance treated like gospel. I have respect for him, but it felt outright surreal and sycophantic to talk with such reverence for a supreme leader not even in the room. While Facebook talks about "Mark" and Netflix talks about "Reed," it's not so aggressively in the forefront.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      (note: most of my practical advice is up above) 1. Which of the leadership principles speaks most to you? 2. Tell me about a time you had to go above and beyond. 3. What is your greatest strength? 4. Tell me about something technical (in any subject) in a very simplified way. 5. Did you have a chance to see the video I sent you about Jeff explaining X topic? What did you think about it? 6. Tell me about a time you failed (...3 times this question was asked)
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      Program Manager Interview

      14 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
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      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      Did a test task and was called by HR almost immediately for the next round. But salary range (full packet with stock and benefits) and return to office policy did nit much my expectations

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      8 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
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      Neutral experience
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      Program Manager Interview

      25 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Tokyo
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (Tokyo)

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      Lengthy, messy schedule, interviews canceled last minute, interviewer late. Rude, disrespectful and dismissive approach toward candidate. Majority of people were from a different team so had no clue about the specifics of the position when asked in the final Q&A. If they treat you like this before joining, can’t imagine after. Application withdrawn.

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