5/23/2023 0 Comments Product manager amazonShe asked me on my culture fit and previous experience collaborating with various teams. Manager - hiring manager (Behavioral): Interview with the hiring manager was delightful. ![]() Round 2 Principal TPM: the interviewer asked a lot of specific questions to gage my understanding of product management. It involved me coming up with various systems components, discussing tradeoffs, and talking about some algorithms. Software Engineer (Technical): in this interview, I was asked to do a systems design for a particular application. ![]() The final interview had a total of 5 rounds and it was split into two days to accomodate my schedule. Unfortunately, I do not remember the second topic. There were two topics I could write about. This was a 1000-word essay and actually took me a long time to complete as I had to brainstorm what I wanted to write about. Prior to the final interview, I was asked to complete a writing exercise as Amazon places importance on written communication. “Tell me about the most challenging problem you solved.”Īfter a few days after the interview, I was scheduled for my final remote onsite interview! Writing exercise “Tell me about a time when you had to convince people for you to achieve your goals” “Tell me about a time when you had to go against the status quo. Here are some behavioral questions you can expect from Amazon. The interviewer had about 5 questions related to behavior. The recruiter recommended that I look over Amazon’s leadership principles. Once I passed the technical round, I was scheduled for a second interview with a manager of product management. Since this was over the Chime audio call, it was hard at times to explain without the use of a whiteboard. He asked me to explain how a feature is built for Alexa. He wanted to gauge my experience and technical knowledge of conversational AI. Here are some resources the recruiter gave me to prepare: interview guidelines, and AI conference. It was scheduled for an hour and I was given an Amazon Chime link to join. My first interview was with a senior manager of product management on Alexa AI. ![]() System design: System design interview First interview - technical It details how I can answer strategy, analytical, and product design questions. This book is my go-to for reminding myself of interview frameworks. Product interview fundamentals: Cracking the PM Interview. I have subscribed to them and used them to watch 20+ hours of content, go over the interview question bank, and practice mocks. If you are looking for a one-stop-shop for product manager interviews, Exponent is the best bet. These are affiliate links and will help me support my blog! She concluded by asking me to formally apply for the role via Amazon jobs. Lastly, I asked her a couple of questions. Then she asked me about where I was located and if I was able to relocate to either Seattle or Boston. Then she went on by talking about the role and responsibilities. The hiring manager called me on my phone number and we started off by briefly introducing each other. Photo by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash Introductory call with the hiring manager When do you graduate? I am looking to hire a Technical Program Manager for my team ( and may possibly open a Product position as well in the future)Īfter that, we scheduled an introductory call to talk about interests and needs. I am masters CS student at Georgia Tech and full time product manager. I am very up to date on AI Alexa, which is where I eventually want to be. Hello x! I read your post on Amazon about live translation for Alexa. I searched for the author, found her on LinkedIn, and sent her a connection note like this: After reading the article, I had a couple of questions about some of the implementation details for a new feature mentioned. ![]() They had an article on conversational AI which was a topic I was interested in. I was reading through the Amazon Science homepage - this is where Amazon posts about their new patents, technology, or features. The way I got an interview with Amazon was pretty cool. Rating The most involved interview I had so far… How it started How I got an interview with Amazon Alexa for an L7 principal product manager role ($330k/yr)
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