Senior Program Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Program Manager roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Senior Program Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Personality test: 33%
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Requires a lot of self search on previous achievements. The interview is tailored to bring out your personal achievements, you would be expected to use the star process all through. Amazon's leadership principles are key. Was expected to respond according to these.
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Tell me about a time you used data to make a decision.
Recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn and then I completed an Amazon Online Assessment (within the next week) which included a Work Simulation (50 min), Work Styles Questionnaire (10 min), and a Feedback Survey (1 min). Recruiter asked for additional questions via email. The next day I set up a 30 min phone interview scheduled for 3 weeks later.
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Can you provide an example of working cross-functionally with partner teams (internal or external) to deliver a project? Do you have experience presenting results or a business recommendation to leadership? Please expand, what resources did you use? Have you used data to drive insights and define a strategy? Please provide an example. Can you explain your data analytics experience? What software have you used? What sorts of data points/key metrics do you look at on a frequent basis? Have you applied leadership development frameworks to develop direct reports or drive performance improvement within your business? Please provide an example. Can you rate your Excel experience 1-10? Please expand, what have you used Excel for? How would you rate your SQL skills? Are you able to pull basic level data? Are there any other tools you have experience using to review data? Have you navigated through scenarios with a lot of uncertainties and teams (internal or external) with opposing views? Please provide an example. Do you have experience in leading process improvement efforts? Please provide an example of a continuous improvement project that you’ve led.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Río de Janeiro) in May 2022
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O processo é rápido, a comunicação nas entrevistas é bastante direta a objetiva: e é só seguir o método STAR conforme os posts disponíveis no próprio site da Amazon. Não costuma ter nada diferente do script.
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Question 1
Tell me about a time you needed to take something outside your scope of activity. What it was and how you deal with it