Your videos are some of the most valuable I have ever found on the topic. This is exactly what we people trying to prepare want to see. Thank you for so much value Dan. I am definitely buying one of your offers. I want to give it back to you.
Great videos Dan. Just want to let you know to keep making videos, don’t slow down. This is the time that Amazon is hiring and you need to stay on top…don’t let the newbies take over.
I already had the preliminary telephone interview before I watched your videos. If I get to the next interviews, which I have the feeling I will, I am glad to have your videos to get an idea of what to expect.
Hi Dan, I am in the final steps for my final two-interview tomorrow via Amazon Chime. I wish to have more time to watch all your related videos. I do appreciate your videos! Han from Tokyo.
Your videos provide great content! If i might suggest to speed them up. This video can be cut down to a great 3 minutes. That will allow people to see more of your videos in a shorter time. I could see 4 or 5 videos in my 20 minutes of time instead of just 2. Good luck and thank you so much for the information!!
I don’t believe in complicated interview process. Anybody with a high school degree can be trained and put to work as long as they are ready to work for the company and follow the process. People will slowly adapt to the company culture if they really want the job. I have worked for big companies and I was a strong performer. But these companies never asked me any questions during the interview other than the education and the projects I did. It will take time to develop leadership skills.
Perhaps if you're working in marketing. Engineering and science are completely different, because it's not about following a process. It's about discovering what hasn't yet been discovered. Most people don't have the obsessive drive to focus on a single problem for weeks, if not months, and that's usually what's required for these jobs. And regarding training, most people would take way too long to learn to work with complex systems and it would be completely inefficient to even teach them, because then you'd have your top engineers busy teaching the slow learners instead of innovating. The long interview process is to figure out who are the fast learners, or better yet the ones who don't require any training at all.
@@lovedale28 I'm a software engineer too. I'm working at a company that does algorithmic trading on the stock exchanges, and I can guarantee at the very least 90% of software engineers don't have what it takes to build the sort of systems we're developing. Where I work it's always about innovation and not about following processes. That also explains why the tech giants are always competing with the financial industry in finding talent. But you do have a point. If you don't focus on innovation then you can hire any half decent developer and they'll probably do the job well enough after a bit of training.
I actually worked for one of the top tech companies after going through seven levels of interviews. Once I joined there I found out that it was just a mediocre SE job that anybody can do with some training and most of the leaders didn’t have any leadership qualities. Probably senior leaders and people at the very top have some leadership qualities. But middle management were a bunch of useless people who are unable to move up and always found some useless reasons to fire the brilliant people who wanted to move up the career ladder.
Hi Dan Your videos are very useful and valuable; I got the amazon offer for Sr. Pgm Manager role and I wanted to really Thank you from the bottom of my heart
the questions are so hard, particularly because my memory just doesn't recall events from the past that well. This is really a struggling interview format for me because of that. Any tips?
Look for sample questions for each principle online. Think hard of at least two situations that would fit each question. If applying for a technical position, make sure at least one answer per question is technical. Write those answers down in STAR format and read them through over and over again. :-) Chances are that you are not going to be asked those exact same questions at the interview, but by that moment you would have memorized all your anecdotes!
My experience was a bit disappointing with the Human Resources person I spoke with, who I know was the Bar Raiser. She wound up talking too much about her background and interrupting me, and we didn't wind up getting to her 3rd question. I am sure I was blamed, but if we were running late, I wish she would have taken a step back. She seemed to keep dissuading me from the position, so am not sure if they had someone else already in mind and was going through the motions, or they just didn't think my background was a fit for the position. But I have to admit, after looking at the company a bit more, I feel like there is a cult-type atmosphere within the company around these leadership principles. As I support focus on this as a company, I don't support an atmosphere that comes across as cult-like to the company where the feeling amongst employees is that half the company drink the Kool-Aid and put on a good front in meetings to speak the language. I value authenticity from employees and am questioning if this truly exists in Amazon.
My bar raiser was also probing my interest about the position, trying to make it look difficult. They are doing it on purpose to test if you're truly interested or just applied randomly. Also, bar raisers are trained to to put your in an uncomfortable situation, to challenge you so they can see how you react in a stressful situation. Once you know this and what they are looking for it's very simple to remain calm and defend your position. It's just a game, play by their rules.
Hi Dan. I am scheduled for the star interview via chime and was wondering if you have some tips for me. I work in unrelated field to what I have applied for. I am worried that I do not have enough experience to address all of these principles in regards to the position. Would it be okay to construct stories in order to demonstrate my knowledge on the principles?
@@DanCroitor I'm currently in the aircraft maintenance industry. I've been in this industry for the past 7 years. I've applied for IT support tech II and made it to this last interview. If I can't think of a situation in the IT sphere, can I talk about a situation in my current role or should I not?
@@gibson7654 @gibson76 I understand that, but can you give me a specific example of a question (behavior) and an answer that you doubt makes sense for the IT role?
Hi Dan, this is Antima from India . Your videos were immensely helpful in preparing for Amazon interviews even though I am a lawyer and not an SDE. I cleared the interviews and will be joining Amazon soon! I want to share my experience with you so that it reaches a wider audience of lawyers interviewing at Amazon. Can you please share you email address?
I believe it will be really great if you can document your interview experience in a blog or a post. So that it can help and motivate others. So you applied for SDE 1 ?
Your videos are some of the most valuable I have ever found on the topic. This is exactly what we people trying to prepare want to see. Thank you for so much value Dan. I am definitely buying one of your offers. I want to give it back to you.
Thanks Olivia. Probably the best way to give back is to share it with your friends and network. Lets keep in touch.
Again, this is right in point! The S.T.A.R will keep you focused on the interviewers questions.
Great videos Dan. Just want to let you know to keep making videos, don’t slow down. This is the time that Amazon is hiring and you need to stay on top…don’t let the newbies take over.
I already had the preliminary telephone interview before I watched your videos. If I get to the next interviews, which I have the feeling I will, I am glad to have your videos to get an idea of what to expect.
Hi Dan, I am in the final steps for my final two-interview tomorrow via Amazon Chime. I wish to have more time to watch all your related videos. I do appreciate your videos! Han from Tokyo.
Best of luck!
@@DanCroitor Hi Dan, I passed! Again, thank you so much for your tremendous videos!
Your videos provide great content! If i might suggest to speed them up. This video can be cut down to a great 3 minutes. That will allow people to see more of your videos in a shorter time. I could see 4 or 5 videos in my 20 minutes of time instead of just 2. Good luck and thank you so much for the information!!
Thank you Dan for all the good stuff!
My pleasure!
Your advice is immensely valuable. Have an interview in 3 days.
Good luck!
@@DanCroitor Thanks a ton.
I don’t believe in complicated interview process. Anybody with a high school degree can be trained and put to work as long as they are ready to work for the company and follow the process. People will slowly adapt to the company culture if they really want the job. I have worked for big companies and I was a strong performer. But these companies never asked me any questions during the interview other than the education and the projects I did. It will take time to develop leadership skills.
you mean university? the most of the vacancies require higher education
Perhaps if you're working in marketing. Engineering and science are completely different, because it's not about following a process. It's about discovering what hasn't yet been discovered. Most people don't have the obsessive drive to focus on a single problem for weeks, if not months, and that's usually what's required for these jobs.
And regarding training, most people would take way too long to learn to work with complex systems and it would be completely inefficient to even teach them, because then you'd have your top engineers busy teaching the slow learners instead of innovating.
The long interview process is to figure out who are the fast learners, or better yet the ones who don't require any training at all.
I am a software engineer.
@@lovedale28 I'm a software engineer too. I'm working at a company that does algorithmic trading on the stock exchanges, and I can guarantee at the very least 90% of software engineers don't have what it takes to build the sort of systems we're developing. Where I work it's always about innovation and not about following processes. That also explains why the tech giants are always competing with the financial industry in finding talent.
But you do have a point. If you don't focus on innovation then you can hire any half decent developer and they'll probably do the job well enough after a bit of training.
I actually worked for one of the top tech companies after going through seven levels of interviews. Once I joined there I found out that it was just a mediocre SE job that anybody can do with some training and most of the leaders didn’t have any leadership qualities. Probably senior leaders and people at the very top have some leadership qualities. But middle management were a bunch of useless people who are unable to move up and always found some useless reasons to fire the brilliant people who wanted to move up the career ladder.
Hi Dan Your videos are very useful and valuable; I got the amazon offer for Sr. Pgm Manager role and I wanted to really Thank you from the bottom of my heart
Just received email for scheduling phone interview.
I'll prepare by watching all your Amazon interview videos. Hope everything is going well.
How did it go?
Maximilien Robespierre unlucky that day
How did it go? any help ? what was the position ?
TheGta4you Failed.
But now I’m applying again.. position As Data Center Facility Engineer
TheGta4you the interview is about technical interview. Not Leadership principal
Thanks!
the questions are so hard, particularly because my memory just doesn't recall events from the past that well. This is really a struggling interview format for me because of that.
Any tips?
Some spend 6 months prepping for this
Look for sample questions for each principle online. Think hard of at least two situations that would fit each question.
If applying for a technical position, make sure at least one answer per question is technical.
Write those answers down in STAR format and read them through over and over again. :-)
Chances are that you are not going to be asked those exact same questions at the interview, but by that moment you would have memorized all your anecdotes!
My experience was a bit disappointing with the Human Resources person I spoke with, who I know was the Bar Raiser. She wound up talking too much about her background and interrupting me, and we didn't wind up getting to her 3rd question. I am sure I was blamed, but if we were running late, I wish she would have taken a step back. She seemed to keep dissuading me from the position, so am not sure if they had someone else already in mind and was going through the motions, or they just didn't think my background was a fit for the position.
But I have to admit, after looking at the company a bit more, I feel like there is a cult-type atmosphere within the company around these leadership principles. As I support focus on this as a company, I don't support an atmosphere that comes across as cult-like to the company where the feeling amongst employees is that half the company drink the Kool-Aid and put on a good front in meetings to speak the language. I value authenticity from employees and am questioning if this truly exists in Amazon.
My bar raiser was also probing my interest about the position, trying to make it look difficult. They are doing it on purpose to test if you're truly interested or just applied randomly. Also, bar raisers are trained to to put your in an uncomfortable situation, to challenge you so they can see how you react in a stressful situation. Once you know this and what they are looking for it's very simple to remain calm and defend your position. It's just a game, play by their rules.
Hi Dan. Do you have questions security, assessment, or IT audit interview questions you can share with us ?
thanks!
I can't stop talking with myself in the mirror.lol
could you share the video links for sales position questions to expect, thank you!!
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Hi Dan. I am scheduled for the star interview via chime and was wondering if you have some tips for me. I work in unrelated field to what I have applied for. I am worried that I do not have enough experience to address all of these principles in regards to the position. Would it be okay to construct stories in order to demonstrate my knowledge on the principles?
only your own
@@DanCroitor would it be ok to talk about my experiences as someone unrelated to the position I have applied for?
@@gibson7654 for example?
@@DanCroitor I'm currently in the aircraft maintenance industry. I've been in this industry for the past 7 years. I've applied for IT support tech II and made it to this last interview. If I can't think of a situation in the IT sphere, can I talk about a situation in my current role or should I not?
@@gibson7654 @gibson76 I understand that, but can you give me a specific example of a question (behavior) and an answer that you doubt makes sense for the IT role?
Hi Dan, this is Antima from India . Your videos were immensely helpful in preparing for Amazon interviews even though I am a lawyer and not an SDE. I cleared the interviews and will be joining Amazon soon! I want to share my experience with you so that it reaches a wider audience of lawyers interviewing at Amazon. Can you please share you email address?
I believe it will be really great if you can document your interview experience in a blog or a post. So that it can help and motivate others.
So you applied for SDE 1 ?