Why Did I Fail My Amazon Interview- THE MOST LIKELY REASONS
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- More people will fail than will pass the amazon interview. This leaves thousands of people, every week asking themselves "Why Did I Fail My Amazon Interview?". Without being in the room I can't tell you exactly why, but in thousands of hours of interviewing at Amazon I can tell you there are some very common reasons- one of which I'd put money on will answer your question "why did I fail my Amazon interview?". And the great thing about this is once you have a good sense of "why did I fail my Amazon interview?, when you try again, you can avoid making the same mistakes.
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Hello GG! I just stopped by to say hello. Today is my 3 months amazon anniversary!!! Thank you so much GG and I'll always remember you ❤
Big hugs 🤗
Gigi, you're the most real person I've watched for guidance on the Amazon interview marathon. You're direct, precise, and clear. I haven't failed my interviews (yet), but I figured I'd learn what not to do before going in.
That’s very kind of you to say. And it’s a great strategy to work out what not to do.
Thanks to you. The AWS recruiter (UK) had shared your videos to help me prep for the loop interviews. I had 6 rounds of loop because I was considered for two roles (L6, L7 programme manager, business development) in the same division. The recruiter called today and informed that I'm not selected and gave feedback: I was not fit for the specific roles interviewed for and I can apply to other roles... interviewers felt I displayed core Amazonian principles like ownership, trust, etc. I am taking this as a positive sign that something went well and I can look at other roles after some time. Now, I am able to appreciate the scope, complexity aspects which you explain here.
Sounds like you have a strong chance of nailing a different application. Good luck
@@amazoninterviewwhizzdayone503 Thanks for the wishes. I have learnt many points from all your videos. These are applicable across non-AWS interviews too + understanding the 'subtle' aspects of career growth.
Hi Gigi! Thank you for the awesome video and all around great content. Another rejection reason to add here is personality fit. I was contacted by a recruiter after finishing my loop and was told that my interview itself went well and I raised the bar however the interviewers did not feel I was the best fit personality wise for their specific team. It stung at first but after time, I came to appreciate the feedback and would have had a horrible experience working with people who didn’t feel I was “one of them” or thought I didn’t fit in.
The great news, I tried again (on my own, no recruiter help with interview placement or introductions), had a genuine blast during the loop with the interviewers and…. got the offer with another team! Couldn’t be happier!
Hoping this helps someone who may have gotten the same/similar feedback. Keep trying! Try to find happiness in not being placed somewhere purely based on your talent without considering your experience and relationships with those you’d be working with. Not saying this is right or wrong, but I am saying I’m grateful I wasn’t hired to be part of a team who wouldn’t have fully accepted me beyond my talents and skill set.
WTF!!!!!!!!! There is no way personality fit is an acceptable reason for rejecting a candidate. Functional skill or Leadership performance only. That’s truly shocking and goes against the entire philosophy of the process. I have NEVER heard of this as a rejection reason before. I’m horrified!
@@amazoninterviewwhizzdayone503 I was shocked at first too. It took months before I applied again to be honest. I was so taken aback that I repeated what I heard back to the recruiter and he repeated “the team thought your interview went well however the hiring manager and team thought you’re not the best fit personality wise for this team dynamic.” I thanked him for his time and that was it.
Appallingly!!! I have no other words. No Bar Raiser should allow that.
I applied for an onsite medical representative position. My past has never been corporate, and I felt like all the questions from one person, and partly from another, were mostly dealing with corporate type situations- "you are working on a project at work".... None of the questions had to do with the principles at all.
This was an EXCELLENT video!!! Thank you for sharing this knowledge. One question, do you recommend using more "I" vs. "We" and would that be one of the reasons someone fails an interview (ie. they talked a lot about team's efforts vs. highlight their own?)
Absolutely. Amazon needs to understand your personal contribution. And yes if you fail to explain your personal contribution then they won’t have the evidence they need to make a decision.
I am going through the Amazon Interview process now and this video is helpful. My recruiter let me know to do my homework ahead of time long before the interview. I am doing my research now and thanks for the interview
Glad it was helpful!
Thats what I was thinking most of the time it outside of my control unfortunately. They can ask similar questions but somewhat expect something that they never even asked somehow
Hi GG .. First of all a Big Thank You for all your content and videos. I had my loop in the last week of July and the outcome was communicated last week. The outcome was not favorable and like you rightly said - no specific feedback was shared. It was highly depressing after spending hours and hours for preparation, going through several prep material sources and giving your best shot.
However I would also like to take this opportunity to call out that 100% of the questions that were asked to me were from your question bank. I downloaded your question bank weeks before the interview and practiced from all Leadership Principles. Your question bank also contained two additional principles - "Strive to be Earth's best employer" and "Success and Scale bring broad responsibility". And guess what - there was one question around DEI from your question bank ;). All in all I want to Thank you again for the awesome videos that you are putting up which are closest to the actual hiring process in Amazon. Wish me luck for the next attempt :) !
Of course I wish you luck for next time!
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0 : 12 No there's absolutely no need to apologize 4 that !
6:45 - 6:52
Lol.😄
If it's not extraordinarily, I struggled with it too. 😅
Lol
Hi there! I love you're videos!! I just finished my Loop Interview for a remote L3 Role. I was very confident in the majority of my responses and I feel like I proved my Scope, Comprehension, and Bar Raising Abilities, but I stumbled through a couple of the questions. Maybe 3/17 Questions were curveballs and It took me quite a while to fully answer the questions. How much do you think this will affect my chances? (And yes, I suppose I can just wait and find out lol)
From a process point of view a couple of average responses in a collection of otherwise excellent responses shouldn’t tip the balance.
Your videos were very helpful! Keep them up! I actually got an offer but it was much lower than my current job, not even taking high cost of living where the job is located into account, so I ultimately declined.
I did get multiple repeat questions from at least 3-4 people out of 5 interviewers on the panel interview. Is that normal? I had a good amount of stories prepared for the interview but having the same questions asked multiple times stumped me as I didn't have a unique situation to talk about each time. I think this ultimately lead to the low ball offer because they said they didn't think I had enough experience for a Sr role. This was a role in their Consumer Finance org.
My advice when people think they’re getting the same question is to tell the interviewer that someone has already asked that question and tell them you’re going to provide the same answer unless they tell you otherwise. They normally then just pick a new question. Having multiple repeat questions is very unusual as everyone is assigned different leadership principles. If it happens it’s more usually between phone screens and loop.
Hi Gigi, Thank you for outstanding videos. It helps me so much. I faced a difficult situation. I applied for Sr HRBP and was rejected for this position but after a day Amazon sent me an email and said that you are fit for HRBP now we do not have this position and if it is open we keep you on post and go for the second interview. I am looking for a job and I have to decide whether to accept my other offers or not. and I asked them when it will be open and they said that we have another position but it is L4 if you are interested. Amazon is my dream employer and I want to enter I told them I will participate in this junior role interview for the second round. But then they told me that I have to be interviewed from the first round for this junior level or wait for the HRBP position. Now I am really confused and think that if I accept the interview for the junior one and am rejected then maybe I miss another chance at HRBP. Do you have any comments or suggestions?
Thanks so much for your videos. Very helpful! I went through the loop interview last Friday and this week Friday wraps up five business days but I still haven’t heard back. Should I check in with recruiter? Longer you don’t hear is that usually bad or I’m over thinking ? I thought my interviews went well and did my best so Not sure what to make of not hearing back. Thanks !
Send a follow up. Don’t read anything into it
@@amazoninterviewwhizzdayone503 Thanks, I did follow-up on Monday and still radio silence, not even an acknowledgment. Today makes it officially 7 business days and week 2. Unusually slow and different from what I expected of Amazon given the 2-5 day window.
@@Dbh101 did you hear back? I have not too. I’m in my second week. Btw, did the recruiter discuss the salary on the first call? Mine didnt. I’m going for L4 role. Or a level below a more principal role. And, I think I may have asked for less money. My friend tell
Me they got offered $190-255 as a base for L3. 😑
Hey Gigi! I have loop interviews scheduled for next week for Risk Manager- third party security. 1st- with hiring manager, and then 4 other managers over the week. What all should be prepared for? My phone interview was done 3 weeks ago and was technical
The channel pretty much covers the answer to this question.
Thank you for sharing all the information. Could you please share why did you left amazon?
My Dad died of COVID at the start of the outbreak. It was extremely shocking and it lead me to re-evaluate the life I wanted for myself and family.
@@amazoninterviewwhizzdayone503 Hope time has helped you and you feel better now GG, thank you for your efforts.
Dang wish, i had seen this interview, before i did my loop interview. After self reflecting, yes i could have done a better job, incorporating the scope and complexity aspect.
There’s always next time!
@@amazoninterviewwhizzdayone503 hopefully, do they have a way of making it where if you apply for the same role in a different business unit. it wont let you for x days?
Hi! I'm going to have interviews for the completely different role from my experience. I think i was still considered for the interview as I have a little freelance experience for the role I've applied.. would that be a disadvantage for me in the interview? Cos I have more stories to tell from the irrelevant role I've been in. 😅 but those will hit the LPs for sure...
Perhaps but they’ve decided interview you anyway. I’d suggest you use your strongest LP stories for the majority but pepper in a few of the relevant role ones.
I'm so confused. How can a company care so much about the damn Leadership Principles!? I just got rejected after not preparing well enough for questions on the Principles. But I just assumed that my interview would cover other topics. Why does a candidate's ability to memorize and regurgitate random stories (that may or may not reflect your performance) determine what type of employee they will be? So depressed.
It’s an extremely successful process for them. Companies are only successful if they employ well for their needs. Companies employ well for their needs if they have an interview process that reflects their needs. Amazon is a very successful company- ergo they’ve got an interview process that works very well for their needs.
Hi Gigi, thanks for you videos! After interview with amazon I got a rejection with the comment "behavioral examples were great and you just need to get exposure to more complex coding problems" and a suggestion to reapply for researcher role. Is it some default answer or they really mean it?
They mean it
Hi Gigi, Thank you for the wonderful videos. I am in a complicated situation. I applied for the Sr HRBP role and was rejected but after one day Amazon sent me an email and told me you are fit for Amazon for HRBP not for the senior one and now we don't have this position open. They told me we keep you in the post and you would be going to the panel interview whenever the position opens. I am looking for a job and I have to accept other offers so I asked them if there are any other positions related to HR let me know. Amazon told me we have a Junior position L4 and you can apply for but it is junior. As Amazon is my dreamy employer I decided to apply and they told me I just needed to take the panel interview but after I applied they told me that I have to pass the first interview again for this position. Now I do not know that if I will be rejected for the junior position I will miss the chance of an HRBP interview for the second round or not? Do you have any suggestions or comments?
I’m confused is there an active L5 position? It sounds like there isn’t and there’s no guarantee there will be. So if there is no L5 position open and no firm timeline for one being open then there’s not really a decision for you to make.
Going by the first reason, a lot of candidates be lieing about what they did not do in a situation the interviewer asks from them... just to make it be like they actually fit into the role been interviewed for... this could make or has made interviewers hire a lot of unqualified candidates
By the time you’ve been questioned for 7hrs- the liars frequently get exposed. They can’t answer the drill downs, their stories change, the contradict themselves.
When the candidate spends many many hours and months preparing and studying and taking leaves and day offs and being under stress due to many interviews with many people, then I believe the candidate deserves to get a feedback on why he/she got rejected , am I right? Unfortunately, I didn't get a feedback and instead I have given a feedback on few things about the whole recruitment process which I'm sorry to say it was horrible (interview delay, postponed, people was not on time and unwelcome faces, etc...). Anyways I took this experience as a learning curve for me and refreshing my wonderful experience that I am proud of.
I’m sorry to hear your experience wasn’t smooth. Amazon like many corporates doesn’t give feedback. 2 main reasons 1) risk of litigation- it’s all too easy for a disgruntled candidate to misconstrued or misinterpret well meaning feedback, turn it into something it wasn’t and sue. Amazon has to protect its shareholders from that risk. Obviously most will not but it only takes one person to ruin it for everyone. 2) protecting its employees- candidates will make assumptions about who a particular piece of feedback came from. We are all very accessible through social media and again it’s far too easy for a disgruntled candidate to maliciously target an interviewer. Obviously the majority wouldn’t but it only takes one person to spoil it for everyone. So although, I agree it would be great for candidates to get specific feedback on what they could have done better on, companies owe their shareholders and current employees a duty of protection far more than they owe candidates a duty of career development.
do you have any suggestion?
@Gigi. I would like to ask you about the Amazon Candid Conversations About Recruitment Experience. What is it and why is it conducted? Gigi! Could you please you answer that for me?
It’s a process to get your feedback on your process experience. It doesn’t have any impact on your outcome
Hi GG, what happens if I can't clear the loop ? Am I barred from applying/consideration for the next 6 months ? The recruiter did not mention anything of this sort. She just said " You can apply for roles you are interested in and if your profile is shortlisted the recruiter will reach out to you." even when I specifically asked for the 6 months restriction.
Your recruiter is telling you, you’re not being put into a cooling off period
Hello my friends I was rejected after the Hiring Manager Interview, my question is: Can I send my application to another role? or will I be rejected automatically? what is your advice?
Apply again.
Hi GG, what does it mean if at the end of Phone screen, the Interviewer says that I will sleep over and get back to you soon.
No idea. Interviewers don’t get back to you. Recruiters do.
@@amazoninterviewwhizzdayone503 Is it a positive sign or negative?
@@preetiriti no idea as that’s not how it works.
@@amazoninterviewwhizzdayone503 I am confused too 🤣🤣
@@preetiriti so who got back to you eventually :)
What? Amazon doesn't give feedback???? Well not in my case.
I had my interview today and in two days I have a feedback meeting.🤔
That’s an outcome meeting- are you getting the job or not. If your recruiter is following policy then if you don’t get the job they won’t give you detailed reasons why.
@@amazoninterviewwhizzdayone503 You said: Amazon doesn't give feedback at 1:40
It doesn’t. You’re talking about an outcome call.
@@amazoninterviewwhizzdayone503 but the e-mail says "feedback"
And it's gonna be 15 to 30min.
@@insakolby none the less you won’t get detailed feedback on what you did wrong if you don’t get in. It’s company policy.