I was scheduled an interview with the Data Center Manager for the Ashburn area. He asked a series of questions, which was fairly easy but the questions regarding POST was poorly answered on my part due to losing it from memory as I'm usually involved with higher-end software rather than firmware. Anyhow, throughout the whole interview I had trouble hearing him and knew it was on his part due to him being physically in the data center colocation. This was very unprofessional and rude of him as I had to constantly repeat myself. He should know as a seasoned operations manager at Amazon, the last you do is to go to a server farm when talking to people over the phone. Even after explicitly telling him dozens of times I'm having trouble hearing him he continues to talk. I decide it's best to give him a call a few minutes after he leaves the server farm. So I call him again and we continue the conversation. He asks me if there's anything else I should ask (before the conversation is over). As someone who has experience in the hiring process, I know hiring managers often leave candidates in the dust if they're not picked without even a notification to inform them. What's worse is when the candidate doesn't know exactly what he or she needs to improve on. So when he asked me if I have any other question to ask, I asked him if there was anything I need to improve on or if he should give me any advice for future reference. I usually get genuine feedback and this really helps me tone my skills. He responded with "No, I think you did good, you were solid." It's hard to believe you are "solid" on an interview when the hiring manager leaves you with an impression that you're likely going to get the job and the next thing you know you didn't get picked. Why didn't he just tell me what I should improve on based on the questions? I'm not looking for a detailed response here, just a simple advice to help me. Is there a need to deceive a candidate? This leads me to believe it's best to avoid applying to Amazon. (P.S. if you want to know what I answered to one of his questions, look below)

I applied online and got a response in about 2 months. I just had to schedule the interview online. My interview is scheduled for tomorrow so we will have a bit more info on the specifics.