Amazon Interview Strategy - CRUSH The Loop 

Hi @javier5688 I have virtual phone interview on 5th Aug for Data Center Engineer, can you guide me please

@@muhammadshafiq451 the virtual phone interview is nothing lol. Just a formality.

@@ltk7309 Why the virtual phone interview is nothing??? I guess its a technical round right? Reply

@@muhammadshafiq451where is the job location at???

I have applied for data centre position just waiting for loop one hope as you say you got the offer hope i will get too by this video thank you in advance 🤞🤞🤞

Congratulations!!!!🎉🎊

My loop is coming up in next week. Im bit concerned about the Behavioural parts. How did you prepare with the LP questions? Plz share some tips

Same here I have my interview with Amazon coming up, what’s the company like there?

How did you go?

@@l0g4nSm1th It went well! I got the job! :D I will start on September 1, 2024. I think what really helped me to succeed was: 1. Learning all the LPs almost by heart and really understanding them. This playlist from CEO Andy Jassy helped ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-My-2-MyxamQ.html&ab_channel=InsideAmazon 2. Writing down 10 really good stories and structure them by STAR. Ideally, each story can be used for multiple LPs relevant to the role that you are interviewing for. Give each story a title so that by reading only the title you'll be able to remember the story. 3. Telling each story at least 2 times to a friend, receiving feedback, and refining the stories. Was the story easy to understand? Was it impressive? What part of the story should you focus more on? 4. Writing down all story titles on 1-2 pages and add the relevant LPs. Print the pages and hang them visibly behind your computer so that you can read them if you're blanking on coming up with a good story. 5. Being relaxed and confident because you'll be well prepared. Good luck everyone! :)

how did ti go?

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I didn't get the job, but overall, it was a positive experience. I believe I performed well, particularly on the tech questions, which comprised about 40% of the interview. There was a strong focus on LP questions, and I felt confident in my responses. While I'll take this experience as an opportunity for personal growth, I'm considering that Amazon might not be the right fit for me at this moment. I want to express my gratitude for the helpful video that aided me in my preparation.

Go get it!!

How did it go? Did you get the job?

@@varunchintha4819 i got the job!!!

How’d it go?

@@varunchintha4819 got the role!

Did you get the job ?

@@anthonyokoli8904 Took an entire day off work for the 4 hour loop and never heard back after that interview. Ghosted completely. :(

Update, I was really nervous when my interview started but after the introduction I really calmed down, my interviewers were really supportive and guided me through all the process. I'd say my behaviour questions went nice and smooth although I wish I would have prepared more for the coding assessments. I managed to finish all of them but the last one really took me off guard, and I struggle to implement what my interviewer wanted. If anyone has any questions about the whole process feel free to ask. I'll post another update once I get an answer. Best of luck to everyone!

@@abdielramirez5805how did you prepare for LP questions?

@@abdielramirez5805 hi! did you get an answer?

So glad it helped I think the more recent the better, but anything in the past ~3-5 years is usually 'fresh' enough to be relevant Def focus on stories that relate closest to the role you're applything to where possible. Good luck!

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@@BarirJalsaghar Thank you!!!!

@@kurisutoferikkusu don’t worry. Your questions are not graded 😃 Ask whatever helps YOU understand if this is a good choice for you

I would think about ways that you could have prevented roadblocks, or opportunities to scale your knowledge. Part of being "amazonian" is being self-critical, and knowing that there is always room for improvement. So mostly just be honest, and think if ways you could do something better based on what you learned in a given Story/Project

@@YouTooProduction they got the job So it’s useless how again?? 😄😂🤣

@@trevspires Pointless because people are providing false information. Lying. I would prefer to be questioned about my experience in a conversational style because I have seen too many great Amazon employees who did not get the job only because their replies were not in STAR order. How stupid that is! If the people who were interviewing them just asked specific questions they would have gotten the information they needed. At the same time right now I work with a manager at Amazon who is my partner who told me she lied and made up stories to get the job. She is not qualified for the job you know why? Because she does not possess the skills she described in her fairy tales to those who interviewed her.

Do you have a useful one if STAR is useless. If you can't help people get a job as Trev is doing, just keep a mute. Let those who needs this get it. Thank you Trev.

​@@trevspires ​ It's useless for the company. When the stories you are telling during the interview are never verified it opens up Pandora's box when you are hiring liars without claimed experience and achievements, besides the skill of telling fake stories.

@@oladiamonds Yes. "Could you tell me about your experience? What have you done in the past, how, when, who can I ask about it?" As an HR or any other company employee interviewing me try to investigate what I can or cannot do. Ask questions in a regular friendly conversation and try to get specific answers that you need to make the final decision. Ask for references to verify information. Ask questions to filter out liars because when you realize you hired a liar without the skills you were looking for you would spend even more time and money to get another one.

Lol same... 25 stories??? I mean if you're a principal engineer, sure... But also, how many behavioral interviews is one supposed to get??

22 is a lot, so good work You might even think of something new on interview day that isn’t in your notes I was advised to try and avoid repeating, but its nothing to stress over if it happens once or twice

Oh also repeats should be rare

Hey@@trevspires , can I repeat stories in two different interviews (loop)? That shouldn't be a problem right?

@@chaithraln1500 ideally, you should avoid repeats. Especially the higher level the role is strive for unique stories

I had a call with my recruiter yesterday and she says all of the loop interviewers discuss your stories with each other and you WILL be dinged for repeating the same story.

That's a great ideia. Do that with the star Sistem and you'll do great

@@Dragonbreath153 yeh. U just want to avoid using the same story over and over 10 is probably enough to get by, but a larger set of stories helps in the moment when you’re trying to give the most relevant answer you can

Any advice for the questions? I have a medical role interview as well.

How was the interview?

Was it for L4 SDE?

@@sonalshukla903 Hey thanks for asking. I applied for a SDE 2 position but I didn't get the job. I came from a web background and from a bootcamp so I think I missed the mark a little on their technical requirements. I did great high level and low level design, implemented a bfs in my api for a file system, etc. But I didn't have any experience in concurrent programming which I think hurt my chances the most. It caught me off guard since I was working in JS and there is no way to do concurrent programming... overall it was an okay experience but rather stressful. I did land another position recently though so that's good lol

@@sonalshukla903 ill also add that all 4 interviewers asked me the same exact questions burning through my prepared responses, all about a time I invented something and about a time I disagreed with a colleague. They also advised me to tell my best story even if I had already told it going directly against the advice from everywhere else, including the recruitment team.

@@LonelyLambGG Sorry to know it was stressful. For which location did you interview for?

Depends on the role! Your recruiter can confirm based on the job family.

Yeh - I agree w/ this I got similar advice, and this video was my attempt to simplify that

how did it go??

@@Lord-V15 why so many interviews? How many rounds?

how did it go?

Love that it helped!! Thank you so much