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Drawing the system architecture on the whiteboard of a very vague scenario. I know it is expected to see how you approach a problem and what questions you ask, but it seemed the scenarios lacked detail in some cases, not all.
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Software Development Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Apr 13, 2013

Drawing the system architecture on the whiteboard of a very vague scenario. I know it is expected to see how you approach a problem and what questions you ask, but it seemed the scenarios lacked detail in some cases, not all.

Open ended design questions where there is not enough clarity about the desired output. e.g. persistent structure design etc. Protocols used for web services in different situations. Found sometimes rather easily judgmental without hearing to the complete response both on technical and on managerial topics.
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Software Development Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Jun 24, 2013

Open ended design questions where there is not enough clarity about the desired output. e.g. persistent structure design etc. Protocols used for web services in different situations. Found sometimes rather easily judgmental without hearing to the complete response both on technical and on managerial topics.

Here the most used questions (https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/product-manager/amazon-product-manager-interview). The key to succeed is to understand each principle, separate examples then, train with the questions. Unfortunately, the Hiring Manager was busy then the human resource asks for another person in HQ to do the interview. Pay attention to share a more flexible agenda for the interviews. I had a lot of appointments and I was a little bit restricted. I'm from Brazil and the interviewer the call quality was not fine, so much noise and delay. It keeps failing, the interviewer connects almost 4 times during the whole interview. By the end, the English-Indian accent of the interviewer and all those difficulties makes things really difficult, not the principles at all, because I had all examples, cases, and ways to demonstrate. Despite I can talk in English well, all these things together made me fail. More 6 months, and I'll try it again. :(
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Software Development Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Feb 11, 2020

Here the most used questions (https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/product-manager/amazon-product-manager-interview). The key to succeed is to understand each principle, separate examples then, train with the questions. Unfortunately, the Hiring Manager was busy then the human resource asks for another person in HQ to do the interview. Pay attention to share a more flexible agenda for the interviews. I had a lot of appointments and I was a little bit restricted. I'm from Brazil and the interviewer the call quality was not fine, so much noise and delay. It keeps failing, the interviewer connects almost 4 times during the whole interview. By the end, the English-Indian accent of the interviewer and all those difficulties makes things really difficult, not the principles at all, because I had all examples, cases, and ways to demonstrate. Despite I can talk in English well, all these things together made me fail. More 6 months, and I'll try it again. :(

During Step 2, the Software Development Manager spent most of the hour asking questions around management approach. Did not appear to be scripted but we ended up discussing how I have handled issues with people that reported to me in the past that had disciplinary or work performance issues.
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Software Development Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Oct 20, 2016

During Step 2, the Software Development Manager spent most of the hour asking questions around management approach. Did not appear to be scripted but we ended up discussing how I have handled issues with people that reported to me in the past that had disciplinary or work performance issues.

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