Amazon Interview And Rejection

[@meghasyam427]

amazon talk starts at 4:48

[@TienHuynh5312]

This guy is full of side stories. Took 1 min just saying how the weather outside.

[@bamberghh1691]

Thanks

[@algerienizer]

cheers

[@shmok3y]

bless you megha

[@brooksgunn5235]

_Thank you._

[@PwnedLolz1]

A close friend of mine works as a software engineer at Amazon. We both went to community college and studied "Cracking the coding interview" for weeks. He now works there full time, while I work elsewhere with near equal pay. I plan on applying next year. It's not as difficult as people make it seem. Memorize the leadership principles, know your data structures and algorithms and don't be socially inept. As long as you treat the interviewer like an actual person/friend and don't seem needy you're in a much better position than most. If it doesn't work out don't worry, you're now prepared. Go out there and apply to positions elsewhere...that's the route I took. There's never a shortage of software engineers wanted. You'll be fine.

[@billboss4161]

I got hired at Amazon 3 different times as a package handler

[@dylano5595]

I think it's way harder to get a software developer job because they ask ridiculous questions

[@__-to3hq]

Package Handler is not in the same league as a software developer lul!

[@knows6]

😂😂😂 good job you!

[@MaziSaidSo]

Lol

[@khagania788]

They ask everything specially meaningless questions .

[@fiorellaskye8732]

i love your honesty and down to earth demeanor in sharing your experiences! so helpful!

[@SubtleAsh-TheImmortal]

He looks genuinely Disappointed. But more so I appreciate his intention to help others in spite of getting rejected.

[@charlenelopez9665]

Thanks for sharing Dave! I really appreciate people like you that take the time to help others in their efforts!

[@DaveXiang]

You're welcome. Kind words like that are motivating

[@jetjet6560]

As someone who's still trying to even get past the 1st round for internships...getting the interview itself is amazing :) But good to see you weren't crazy hard on yourself!

[@brianbrewster6532]

Thanks, Dave, for your honest and informative interview experience self-critique. That took considerable guts to post. I suck at interviews, too, and would likely choke up on some of the technical questions. I have now worked 4 times for Amazon spread over 5 years and two fulfillment centers. While these were all blue collar positions, that uniquely qualifies me in a way to see how operations are handled in their plants and how the majority (95%) of workers get treated doing shift work. I have since gained a BS in IT, graduating in 2017 with honors. Not sure how to break out of factory work and work in an office setting just yet but after watching your wonderful video you have inspired me to try extra hard now to make this dream come true. Thanks and God bless, Dave.

[@nowacry]

Thank you, Dave. It was really nice to hear that rejection is not the end but rather another beginning (: Good luck!

[@wadsongeeklife992]

Thanks for sharing man. I can sense from your experience how hard it can be to work at the big 4 tech companies. I'm pretty sure you will nail it one day. I wish you success on your journey.

[@hughthomson8086]

WadsonGeekLife They do.

[@richardjay9987]

I did 5 interviews at Amazon after graduating university, was rejected. Learned from the experience, got a great position elsewhere after that.

[@YehoshuaD]

Yeah but don't worry, Amazon will put that great place out of business eventually ;)

[@mifnp8887]

FIVE interviews?? What on earth did they ask you?

[@blasttrash]

where?

[@petersmith2005]

Where is "elsewhere"?

[@Lisaiceland]

No worries ever! They're NOT the only game in town. So many opportunities everywhere!

[@rrafaelpaz]

Yesterday really chocked on my job interview with an easy boarding test after passing the technical phone testing. The previous one I nailed the testing code but couldn't explain well my code and failed that interview. So was really disappointed and thinking about finding another profession. Your video made me feel better and understand that I'm human and it's normal to fail sometimes. Thanks for being honest and sharing your fail with us.

[@0Tsutsumi0]

You don't need to memorize the leadership principles, you need to memorize your own stories. And yeep, your stories have to match their principles, just pick good stories and focus on practicing telling them :).

[@eon001]

Exactly. And depending on your role, you might not even need to even need to utilize half of the principles.

[@quincyaugustus2506]

Sorry to be off topic but does anybody know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account? I was stupid lost my login password. I would love any help you can give me.

[@wallacepei4529]

You speak very well in front of a camera, this will make you a great person to interview and nail many jobs out there.

[@jeffpal3840]

Thanks for being truthful. There are a lot of liars on internet showing things that are not true about the real life.

[@jacemcpherson8625]

If you're still in University and these are the types of jobs you want (big company software engineer), apply for internships like crazy, they almost always lead to a job with that company. Make a simple app and link to it on Github in your resume, or mention projects you've done at school that demonstrate your aptitude in CS. Don't make your resume cliche, make it personalized, feel free to let your character show up a little bit. These are the things that get through the resume filters at big companies. Google every instance of "{big_or_small_tech_company} internship" you can think of and apply (it takes a couple minutes for each one, using the same resume). Dave has great great tips in his videos. Awesome channel man.

[@ssanin82]

Programming is one of those unique professions when during the interview they put you through all kinds of weird and challenging situations which never occur in real professional life. :) So be ready to be good in two sets of skills - one for your job and one useful only when you want to advance your career (but it still requires most of your personal unpaid time to keep those skills up-to-date)

[@Jonathan-od5xc]

So well put, and so very true!

[@JM-gz1ej]

Dave, this is one of the most honest and candid video I have ever seen. Excellent job.

[@HillChris1234]

My question has always been this... if you're a developer and you're interviewing for a job as a developer, why is the interview geared in such a way to where you have to study for it? If they're testing your actual real world skills, why is it something people have to study for? I mean, if I'm engineering to do a job that I've done for years and years, why do I need to study for it? Shouldn't my experience be enough to do whatever it is you need me to do? How many times to you work with binary trees or linked lists in your career unless you're like, a core mechanics engineer or something?

[@DaveXiang]

Agree

[@blasttrash]

I think it all comes down to the fact that there is no proper way to test people. Hence asking ds and algo is the best recruiters/interviewers can do coz it allows the interviewee the freedom of choice with programming language/pseudo code all the while companies dont have to worry about asking some esoteric questions either since ds and algo would be taught in most of the schools/colleges. Also from a company's point of view, they are not there to revolutionize the interview process or anything(unless the company is hackerrank or codevue), they only care about getting an employee that can do the job for them(he/she maybe the best or not.

[@truedox]

Studying is helpful because it gets your mind warmed up to thinking in the way that you expect to be questioned. Even if you expect to be tested on your real world skills, you want to study what real world skills you have and how you'd express your proficiency in them. It's one thing to be skilled in something, and another thing to use words to convince someone that you are skilled at it. You may want to rehearse your response, and a strong format to use to express your skills is in the STAR format.

[@sandrodiclemente2305]

NO, U have to generally prepare for interviews, as you may be the best engineer, but your personality is poor towards others. this will make for a counter productive workplace. companies know their are many engineers, who have done amazing things, but if your personality, beliefs and mannerism does not align with the company environment you will cause friction, and drama. As well you will not be happy working their either, that is why. by preparing and learning about the company you will discover if the company is a good fit for your personality. Easier if you figure it out yourself, before, rather than being rejected after 5 minutes in an interview. don't you think?

[@Jonathan-od5xc]

Well, I am currently studying on leetcode.com in the algorithm section (1 of 6 sections) and I have "1/945 solved." I think a large portion of a developer's career can be considered studying and preparation.

[@mrnarason]

If Dave can't get a past these interviews, I have no chance

[@zezaway]

Sad Truth =(

[@DaveXiang]

You can do it

[@relaxsightme]

You can if you are good enough.

[@abe6975]

leetcode.com your way to success lol

[@wektor78]

try to get indian nationality first

[@marcoaguilera8727]

Had my first interview with Salesforce this week, and I can totally agree with the choking up part.

[@DaveXiang]

All good, keep it up. They are hard

[@piercehubbard4086]

Thanks for the video Dave, I had a very similar experience interviewing with Amazon on-site in Seattle. I actually did pretty well in most of my 1 on 1 technical interviews, but Amazon has what's called a "bar raiser" interview round. This is usually with the most senior member of your interview panel and they have complete veto power, it's also typically the hardest tech interview you'll have. I know which one it was for me, and it was the one interview I didn't do well in. It didn't help that the woman conducting the interview was cold and rude, not helpful at all. I knew she wouldn't give me a thumbs up even if everyone else did. I've also heard that they encourage the bar-raiser to try and break you down like that to see how you handle the pressure (not sure if that's true though). I didn't get an offer, but now it's a year later and Amazon just invited me to do another on-site (this time in SF for their Amazon Music department). I'm hoping this one will be better!

[@michaelkelson4106]

Hey, I hope things work out for you this time. Good luck!

[@elias8294]

This channel deserves more subscribers. Quality content, and an honest perspective.

[@watchmeasifly]

Dave, just a thought (as someone who works at Amazon). You don't need 28 stories for the LPs. Rather just get a story that hits a lot of those LPs. Write them out, and try and see if they hit each one at least once. Good luck on your next try :)

[@eon001]

Jon Yea I figured this out after my 3rd failed interview lol. I've got around 8 solid stories that are interchangeable with the 14 principles. 28 stories is bonkers, and I would even have the time to tell all the stories. And for my particular role, I would not even need all of them.

[@fflodeiro]

@@eon001 Jon did you repeat your stories a lot? I have about 5 stories and I feel in trouble to have to repeat these stories...

[@eon001]

@@fflodeiro I repeated, but reframed them with different context. 28 unique stories is overkill.

[@MentalPolution]

Thanks for sharing your story. I'm fly to Seattle for an interview at Amazon now and am pretty nervous. I've studied and prepared as hard as I possibly could for two weeks, if I don't get the offer then its not meant to be. All I can do is try my best.

[@mahmud-ahsan]

Congratulations, for exposing the story. Actually, we learned a lot more from failure than success! In the end, it doesn't matter where you work for. The matter is whether are you happy or not in your current state! All the best!

[@omeringa]

Amazon had by far the weirdest interview questions I have ever received. It's pretty much measuring your storytelling/memorization ability more than anything. It's as if your job will be to study high school again instead of a professional work.

[@BladeAndrade]

Great video. When you said you're not too good at coding challenges, you're showing that you're honest and that is a good thing to have. I also failed my phone interview with Google because I was extremely nervous since it was my first-time real SWE interview with no prior experience with interviews. I've been practicing, and I hope to pass the next time with Google. Good luck man!

[@MrMikomi]

Mate, this is truly edifying stuff. I sincerely thank you for putting it out for us.

[@swirle13]

yep, I was up until 3 am the night before my interview and had about 6 pages of stories relating to each story and why I want to work there. I had all this written in a padfolio that I brought with me, which made me look much more prepared. I honestly had a lot of questions that didn't pertain specifically to their 14 principles, so I was kind of thrown off. I honestly thought the first of four that day went the worst, but the more interviews went, the more comfortable I felt about it and was able to come up with stories from my previous work experience that I didn't have written down in response to questions I hadn't anticipated. Got the offer a couple weeks ago and am heading up to Seattle for my new position :)

[@zacz8186]

Bro congrats. For amazon behavioral interview, is it okay to say I didn't experience to one or two questions? Two might be a lot. Is saying I didn't experience this in my previous work to just one behavioral STAR format question okay?

[@swirle13]

@@zacz8186 I already had some work history, but not in programming, so I was able to come up with something for most questions. Some questions, I didn't anticipate them at all, so I had to come up with something on the fly. If you don't have something related to that, I'd say just tweak an experience you've had to make it fit what they're asking, even if some of the info isn't real, base it on reality so it's easy to keep riffing if you need to.

[@olly779]

Hey Dave! It was my comment (among others, I guess). I'm preparing for Amazon interview at the moment and was interested in your experience. Thank you very much for following up and telling your story!

[@DaveXiang]

Good luck!

[@bklashok]

Hi, I am preparing for my interview at Amazon. Did u have an interview with Amazon? If so how ur experience?

[@kheoniaspaulding5915]

Hi Olha, I am actually prepping for an interview at Amazon now. Did you get the job? Can you provide any insight?

[@schmoab]

Just lost my job. I’m in my 40s. Haven’t had to do a real technical interview to get a job. Now I’m scared.

[@saad.hussain.]

If it's for software dev just use Cracking the Coding Interview and grind leetcode. Surely it'll be a lot of work and practice, but try not to feel defeated or give up, just keep at it. Good luck my man

[@ChristianHammad]

Welcome to the millennial rat race. Good luck out there.

[@eon001]

I had 2 interviews for a data center position with Amazon. Very rude German guy each time I interviewed. Didn't get it and I'm glad I didn't tbh.

[@dylano5595]

eon001 Amazon is trash. I gave up after being rejected. I've got a job at a small business and its the best thing ever

[@ItsNotAllRainbows_and_Unicorns]

Don't feel bad, even the French despise the Germans.

[@eon001]

@DCTRucker Good luck. Let me know how you do. If you want any advice let me know.

[@A2Kaid]

Hi Dave, I’m a UI/UX Designer and I watch your videos, thanks for making the vids and being so genuine. I had a job interview with AWS this past November and did well and they asked me to join their design team, however I postponed the deal because they wanted me to relocate to Seattle. I’m sure you can retry with Amazon, just have to sharpen up the second time. First time you got valuable insight into their process...

[@Yerbah]

thanks man! I have a final onsite interview next week. not sure if the process has changed but I had to do a hirevue interview after being contacted by the recruiter. its basically a program asking you questions and you answering them as it video records you. it compiles your videos and sends it to them for review. I was pretty nervous but as you mentioned I already knew what they were going to ask and had prepared answers by looking through amazon glassdoor interviews.

[@nickdiplacido7383]

Thank you! I experienced that live on-site lock up on a technical question. Really thankful that this video helped put this in perspective.

[@iliyaa.586]

Amazing!!! Thanks for sharing.. I just got rejected from a big company and I know it was because I wasn't prepared.. it's hard to do full preparation when you're intreviewing with different companies at tge same time..

[@willn8664]

I have been working at home for Amazon as a Shipping and Delivery Support Associate for a month now. It's an okay job. I enjoy the commute from the bedroom straight to my home office.

[@vladhadzhiyski]

Great, great video! There's a lot of valuable information for any up and coming candidate for those large corporations! Keep up the great job!

[@gerrenyoung7665]

I got the job at Amazon in Seattle. Very happy about it. Thanks for the tips

[@VivekJayakrishnan]

Congrats! How was your interview dude? What position did you interview for?

[@e.w.5253]

Thanks, you are amazing. I just found this (Amazon HQ2 pulled out from NY last week), your advice is wonderful for the folks. Btw when you get rejected there that means you deserve better else where. Good luck!

[@Xy2tone]

Great video man . I’m not in the IT industry but I enjoyed watching this .

[@garrettwong1189]

Just a thought (as a senior engineering recruiter here at Amazon): no need to "memorize" 28 stories for LP's. Tips for LP's (Leadership Principles): 1) use miltiple examples, 2) don't be afraid to mention you failed--as long as you learned from it 3) SCOPE: does the example you're giving exemplify a broad scope; did it directly effect you (as an IC) or did it ultimately effect a larger population (org)? What was the thought process? I will agree with you: don't over study on one portion of the interview. We see a lot of fatigue passed 3 weeks of studying. Ask lots of questions (gather requirements), never assume, test for edge and corner cases, and think out loud! Best of luck, everyone! feel free to ping me and I'll do my best to iterate on your feedback with you.

[@walterdiaz2003]

I interviewed with a company that is in the music field. It's a mid size company with offices in some countries in Latin America and its headquarter is in Nashville TN. After passing the screening phone call, three technical interviews, a code project and then talk to the CEO nothing was offered. Unfortunately, the CEO started asking questions with regards to my age, country of origin, if I have kids etc. What a disappointment, I spent one month straight just to talk to a biased person and in the end I didn't get an offer. As of now, I am still interviewing (I rejected an offer from a toxic company though).

[@DaveXiang]

Probably better you didn't go work there anyway. The CEO was definitely bad news if he was asking those kind of questions that made the deal-breaker. Good luck

[@walterdiaz2003]

Definitely. I'm learning ElasticSearch, Kibana and more things on the Big Data and Machine learning side. Let's see what happens. Good luck to you too buddy!

[@blasttrash]

@@walterdiaz2003 hope you made it. :)

[@BeANicePerson_]

Sorry to hear that for you. Sometimes it's all about the people you know to get in it sucks but its reality

[@petar55555]

LPs rule, but what is more important about the Leadership Principles is not only to have two examples but make sure they are high customer impact examples

[@Potenti4lz]

Wow, this guy is like walking in my shoes. I recently had a recruiter reach out to me and tell job was deadset what I was skilled at. Once I said my salary (AUD 65-75k), she said we're looking for someone senior. It was an employment company too.

[@joshstreet9634]

I so understand this "on" and "off" feeling. I had an on day after doing 6 hrs of dynamic programming and graph questions where I felt like I could solve almost any leetcode question I had done up to that point if I had the test in the next two hours. But the next day it was difficult to get into the code and recall old concepts again. I guess just keep practicing till it becomes like breathing. But I am so nervous for tomorrow because I don't know whether I will be on or off. And I think that I am not yet at the point where I can guarantee a good performance even when "off"

[@physicsudel2013]

Im the same, i can def kill it on my own work at home but under pressure is a different story.

[@abhis9353]

That thing about on and off really resonates with me. On some days I am able to do the hardest questions when I'm feeling good or in the flow. But on some due to nervousness and not being really present I stumble on medium level questions. It's good to know that other people face that as well. I have been doing a lot of mock interviews to avoid that.

[@dreamhome3672]

To pass a job interview is more like gambling. If you are lucky, you got the questions you can answer well. After all, no one is perfect and knows everything. The only way to get the luck is to keep trying even if it takes 100 times. Some people are lucky enough to get the luck with one try.

[@DarkCrusaderMK]

Dream Home It’s a combination of luck and skill really. If you practise/prepare coding a lot (I know it’s not always easy to find the time especially if you already have a full time job), then you rely on luck a lot less. There’s always a level of variance in regards to your performance in interviews but if you are highly skilled enough, then even a subpar performance is enough to get you the offer. Source: I did almost 200 practice problems on leetcode, got 2 offers from tier 1 companies (Facebook/Google/Amazon/Microsoft/Airbnb/Uber etc) and more from tier 2 (Tripadvisor, Bloomberg, Oracle). A year ago before practicing I couldn’t even get an offer from tier 2s, so it does make a big difference. There’s definitely still luck involved no matter how skilled you are but the more skilled you are the less you rely on luck

[@blasttrash]

isnt that life? all our life we write exams and tests which test us for 1-3 hours based on what we would've learned for a week or a month or a semester in some cases.

[@numberrunner3133]

...coming up with 28 different past experiences of dealing with their 14 principles in addition to prepping for technical coding questions?...wow....yep...guess I'm not dedicated enough to be considered top tier...

[@shubi454]

Appreciate the honesty Dave. Thanks for the video, it was pretty useful.

[@charlessims6940]

Dave, I enjoy watching your videos. They are always very insightful. Also love your humility.

[@wwbaker3]

Job interview are inherently discriminatory - beyond race, culture, gender, age, socioeconomic status and sexual orientation - someone could just be naturally nervous and thus not perform as well in an interview setting. Not sure how it can be done, but companies shouldn't pass on someone just because a candidate has a physiological response to stress beyond their control.

[@Jonathan-od5xc]

This is very sympathetic and I love it, but these companies want us to take bullets lol.

[@TheTechTwins]

As an intern at Tesla and Apple, I'm always interested in seeing how other companies interview and find candidates. Best of luck in your search!

[@peccipuffs]

In India, what's your current salary is a standard question. I've always been uncomfortable about it but if you don't answer it they straight off reject you.

[@realnapster1522]

Don’t answer it. Avoid it somehow.

[@alexandershekhtman770]

If I had a start-up I would hire you. I think what should be valued most is being a nice person, able to learn quickly, and trustworthy. All those personality tests/company culture are BS (which is mostly Political Correctness in the first place, which is also BS). I hope you get a job, you deserve it.

[@picklerix6162]

I have already failed one of these types of interviews with another company. The interviewer was asking me UEFI-specific questions and I had only touched UEFI while helping a BIOS developer find a bug related to my interface code. My experience is mostly legacy BIOS, written in assembly language, and embedded C. One of my co-workers told me that one of the reasons he didn't want to accept an early retirement package and go back into the workforce is due to technical interview coding questions. He is one of the best programmers that I have ever met but he didn't want to run the interview gauntlet and did not want to prepare for an Amazon test.

[@anonymouswombat9224]

Just got rejected from Amazon DE on-site 10 min ago, and I feel like my experience was sooo similar to urs ( good behavioral and meh technical, and spent lots of time studying). Got asked many high level hardcore system level questions. Thx for sharing!

[@DaveXiang]

All good! Best of luck to you

[@anonymouswombat9224]

@@DaveXiang omg just checked out ur other vids, you also went to cmu? so happy to see alum here! and take care! it's a difficult time now.

[@ravinigudkar6112]

Dave, Thank you! So honest and direct. I like what you have said. Good advise.

[@vitna91]

I interviewed for Amazon at the beginning of the month. Made the same mistake: too much focus on behavioral questions where I think I did well but did not very good at the technical questions.

[@SamaC713]

were u applying as an engineer or PM?

[@Spades340]

This was cool. More interview vids would be interesting

[@danaadalaide5648]

I just read the Amazon Leadership Principles and that is totally me, 100%. But.. I really prefer working with small companies and startups. But yeah, don't get hung up on it there are hundreds of thousands of companies looking for developers.

[@SapphireGladeComics]

At Amazon when I interviewed for Data Center Roles, I was offered both at seperate times, but wound up rejecting them in the end because I had better opportunities and better pay at other companies at the time. Amazon is a trillion dollar company, yet they don't pay the workers their full worth from what I've read from the Warehouse (kudos to those people, y'all are awesome), to people on the technology side of Amazon's business.

[@markowen4061]

thanks for sharing ! For me the interview at AWS went quite smooth onsite and i was interviewed for two different roles (some new embedded project and NLP for AWS Germany). I was not aware of the NLP interview part, but it was a nice surprise since i also let the recruiter know that this is one of my interests - though i am not an expert there yet. In the end i've got an offer for NLP job, but offered ~20k less than what i've communicated as my minimum expectation to the recruiter at the telephone interview. Since i am still happy with my current job (which is a bit less interesting than NLP, i have to admit but also challenging as SW architect for a large scale embedded system) , the city is much more liveable than the AWS location AND i've felt a bit cheated regarding the salary offer, i've rejected the offer.

[@3iheartbf3]

So the 14 behavioral pillars at Amazon is like STAR questions on steroids??

[@thomasczthomash1859]

I don't understand people wanting to work for these massive corporations. It will be very difficult to progress your career as you'll just be a fish in a very large pond. Get into a small company and you'll gain amazing experience and very likely climb the ladder quickly as the company grows.

[@Jonathan-od5xc]

It's the company's reputation that makes it easier to work else where.

[@denniscampbell6160]

I worked at a Amazon sorting center on and off for three years I witnessed managers come and go for whatever reason and as far as those 14 principles of leadership goes it's a joke, example, gain the trust of others, you'll realize after the fact that management or Hr is either lying to you or they are just incompetent, well there goes my trust in them.

[@isoplayers]

3:43 "...2 and a half times to make myself feel a little better..." lol I'm dead. Thank you for being honest about every thing throughout the video tho!!!

[@gfunkonthecheesetree]

The tech interview process is way more difficult now. Last job I applied for required a phone interview, an in-person interview, a 2 hour test, and an on-site interview where I would have to work on a project with a team of devs. I did not pass the test part. Some crazy algorithms problems. I had not dealt with algorithms since 10 years ago in college and was applying for a web developer position.

[@moredeposits6800]

May i ask where?

[@marriumscatcorner]

Thanku for the honest video and sharing experience. Its really insightful and informative. Best of luck

[@SreenathV]

I had the very same experience with Amazon. But you presented it awesome...Guys @ Amazon were awesome and more than that I liked the 14 principles...

[@thelastorca]

Thanks for the honest talk. I am always intimidated by people who act like they are way smarter than me just coz they cleared a coding interview. I understand now that interview is more related to how much you can prepare and how you can handle stress situations. I will work on those aspects.

[@HaykAmirbekyanTKD]

"Based on your skills you don't deserve to be in that salary range" is just efficient communication, though If you disagree, kindly explain to them why you think so. Try not to take it personally. Or, keep practicing and apply a year later if they are right. You are trying to come to an agreement.

[@evereststudios2347]

I like this guy. he seems very down to earth.

[@DaveXiang]

Thank you

[@NickKravitz]

I am currebtly in my 2nd interview cycle with Google. Failed facebook and Google onsites but got a nice west coast trip out of it. Nice advice interviewing is a noisy process and often comes down to luck.

[@lq1044]

How funny is it? I have been a software engineer for over 2 decades. My current one is the 10th company that I have been with. Yes, 10! and 4 un-employments. I would never want to work for a big company like Google, Amazon, or Microsoft. I try to look for stable midsize companies. Google is in my neck of the wood, but I still say NO whenever recruiters try to get me with Google. 8 of the startups I've worked for, went out of business. It is really sad to know that all my efforts in coding for these companies were all in vain. From now on, I stick to stable midsize companies. When it comes to interviews, I usually get offers from companies that I don't really care much for and screw around during the interviews. Those that I concentrated on and studied for, I usually get rejected.

[@omarh4694]

Hi !!! I was thinking about going back to school to earn a bachelor in software engineering,,, what is your take on the field and the job prospects,,, is it boring,, stressful,, how many hrs do u work a week,, are u being compensated well?? Do u have to work on the weekends??? lastly are the jobs secure and stable or not??

[@Jonathan-od5xc]

Nailed it.

[@blazeone4898]

I got into Amazon. IMO, all you need is Leetcode(premium helps a lot) and CTCI. That's all. The principles that everyone talk about are not that serious.

[@honantong]

or maybe we can build a life that is different from this. we build a life with some income to start with but we generate happiness from the things we love, and are less competitive and more readily available. Instead of a "company", because it always not only depends on you, but also greatly on the company. Not everyone has a perfect resume, although they completely can do the job. Let your root grow deeper in the area you find pleasant. Just a piece of thought

[@ReverseArrow]

Amazon recruitment team is amazing. I had a similar experience. I loved my whole interview experience.

[@Dana-wi1cd]

Have my interview with amazon in 3 hours and I'm ready for failing it

[@reynar917]

How did it go ?

[@Hannah11235]

How'd it go?

[@1negenius]

Guess it didnt go well....

[@tin6372]

LOL !

[@farazahmed7]

Guess he committed suicide after getting rejected

[@melihaslan9509]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US GREAT AND SINCERE RECOMMENDATIONS!

[@soulsisterssurvivorssister8463]

I've been working for Amazon for 9 months. I swear, they treat you like your in high school!

[@sandrodiclemente2305]

wow thanks for sharing, good insights, especially about google. Sound and video very clear and easy to understand. I like the format you use. yes I have heard same about 14 principles and doing your homework ( prepare ) for an interview, I think more so with bigger companies, as they are into cultures and principles where as smaller companies, NOT so much.

[@hawktomnia007]

Worst thing for interview rejection is that they will put your resume in ice for 6 months of so-called "cooling period" so that you won't be able to get re-interviewed until 6 months after. So, you gotta first interview with the companies that you are not so interested in joining as practice interviews before interviewing with your dream companies.

[@martinbizal8614]

Dave, thanks for the video!

[@olgajimenez3713]

I think you are brilliant, great attitude!

[@ryanschurton]

Awesome video, I love how to highlight your failures.

[@olly779]

"Worst thing that could happen .. is that you get rejected and you come to the rejection pile like the rest of us" - totally LOLed at this! Been rejected so-o many times, can relate.

[@asubaseball219]

I appreciate your honest feedback on this process. Thanks for sharing

[@Theresabrown1805]

I had an assessment interview yesterday and I am so annoyed and upset with myself I failed the interview after the interview assessment I felt so depressed and down thinking about what I should have done differently. The way they talked about the culture of Amazon and the work and the people who work there really made me want to work there. The feeling I got from the assessment days was that it was very American and very strict in certain ways. They said they were hiring again in twelve weeks so hopefully next time they call me back for another assessment day I am going to study how Amazon customer service positions work the culture of Amazon. Next time I hope I will pass the assessment and interview. Onwards and upwards.

[@josephmorales652]

Yeah it's okay homie. I got to the end with Microsoft and it didn't work out either. I cried. Lol but good job man!

[@DaveXiang]

Thanks homie! Take care, appreciate it

[@coup_de__grace]

Alright, so let me simplify this, because he rambles a lot- i'll speak from my experience. I started off in the FC's and successfully promoted into their Data Centers for a corporate position with no credentials. You can do it, it's not impossible, you just need to know what to do and do it correctly. For his position I guess you need to answer technical questions, but it sounds like behavioral questions are included as well. There's an actual page for Amazon's interview process; you need to pay attention to, and implement the STAR method; Situation Task Action Result. Depending on what level you're interviewing for will dictate how many stories you will need to draw from to address each round of questioning. For FC positions like a Level 3 Process Assistant you would need perhaps 1-3 good stories. Once you start interviewing for L4 in FC's, or for corporate positions, you'll need 7-10 good stories where you can implement the STAR method and their principles. It honestly isn't that hard. Just do some mock interviews and you'll be good.

[@Mattorrr]

Coup De Grace a fellow Amazonian here. I started as a “Green Badge” or contractor for those who don’t know. This means I took the job knowing it was a temporary position but it would get my foot in the door. I started as a contractor in November 2018. I was offered a permanent position as a Datacenter Tech this past month, did great on my interviews and am now a Full Time employee. I absolutely love working for Amazon and am looking forward to making a career for the rest of my life out of it. If I had any advice for anyone I would say split your time 60% behavioral 40% technical. They want to know that you know what you’re talking about but the most important thing is the behavioral because it lets them know what kind of employee you WILL be. They love “moldable” people and as long as you are HONEST and up front even if you don’t know something, they much rather appreciate you telling them “I don’t know the answer to that but will absolutely seek it out” than just outright lying or bsing your way. Bottom line, it’s relatively easy to get a job as long as you’re familiar with the company and what position you’re applying for. Good luck to anyone looking to join our team! And to the fellow Amazonian, shoot me your handle privately!

[@Mattorrr]

ctiscan lol you’re upset you didn’t get a job at amazon didn’t you lol. You’re gonna sit on a 15 minute KZbin video about the Amazon interview process. And then tell TWO people who have been through the amazon interview process that they don’t know what they’re talking about LOL. Even when you apply for the factory jobs, the interview process is still the same. If you apply to be a janitor in the offices, your interview process is still the EXACT SAME as COO’s in the corporate office. Maybe some of the questions slightly different however amazon prides their self on interviewing and hiring the best so their interview process is the same across ALL job positions. Sounds to me like you’re a salty cider who works for a shit company and is upset that you don’t make any money. That’s why you’re on KZbin watching videos about the amazon interview process. Don’t listen to CTISCAM, because he CLEARLY doesn’t know what he’s talking about 😂😻

[@Mattorrr]

ctiscan just proved my point how you know nothing about the interview process or amazons credential requirements. You’re upset you’ll never dream of working at a company as awesome as ours and that’s okay. Always room for improvement!

[@Mattorrr]

ctiscan never once did I brag. Not a single time. Totally makes sense that you’re browsing amazon interview videos making boatloads of money at your mega skilled brainiac job 😂

[@Mattorrr]

ctiscan you’re the only one clearly burnt here cause you started trying to argue with ransoms on something you have proven to know nothing about. That’s why I use my real picture and a real name in my profile, cause I’m not lonely trolling people on the internet. Also you’re clearly hurt with all those multiple replies and no response 😂😂

[@tmit9992]

The same with me. Good day and back day.. I am ex Microsoft, got rejected final round Facebook, today interview with amazon and tomorrow with Google. I am tired and spending aot of time in preparation (since time is money is crazy how much we spend in interview preparations.)

[@gerrenyoung7665]

Thanks for sharing. Im flying to Seattle Feb 25th to interview

[@digviju001]

how did it go

[@gerrenyoung7665]

Sup, @@digviju001 I just flew back last night from Seattle. First of all, I just say first that they were very accommodating as far as hotel, taking care of and taking care of my food expenses while I was there. It was helpful that the HR people there they actually gave me some tools as a heads up to prepare for. Those 14 principles are really critical to study before you go there. I actually had them all written down on my pad along with some examples next to each of them. I made sure to write key words so I dont seem like I am reading from my notes. Sort of like you said in your video, I was practicing in the mirror so that helped me a lot. I met with a total of 7 people. Started at 945am and ended at 345pm. It was VERY intense. 95% and I mean 95% of the questions were all behavioral. I think they already knew that I know how to do the job but they were REALLY stressing the culture. They want you to know those 14. Overall, I think I would give myself a B- on the interview. But looking at your videos before hand and also studying the STAR method is REALLY helpful. Anyone reading this you better learn how to respond to questions using the STAR method. One of the interviewers actually reminded me she will expect me to use the STAR method. And I did because I already wrote down examples to use ahead of time. Anyway, I looked up all my interviewers on Linkedin and sent them a thank you letter. I made sure it was short and sweet and genuine. I also made sure I completed the survey that they sent me to rate the phone interview. I also sent an email to my main recruiter to thank her for the time. I am going to be honest here, I can feel it in my bones that I got the job not because I am qualified to perform the functions for the job I applied to, but because I was able to respond by using the STAR method and actually using the leadership principles as examples when replying to their questions. Like back bone, ownership, frugality are some that really make sense to me so I use those as my favorite. Also, one of the things that was helpful is to ask your interviewers what leadership principle do they relate to the most. Try to make your replies straight and to the point. I should hear something one a week or max two on if they will be moving forward or not. I will be sure to update you. I am VERY excted about this opportunity and I hope I get it. Thanks for all your tips, man.

[@digviju001]

@@gerrenyoung7665 Hey Thanks for the quick reply and detailed explanation.. Good luck man 👍

[@digvijaygowda2107]

Hey can you please share your technical confusing interview experience..?

[@digviju001]

How did the feedback go.. I finished my interview yest.. For me its kinda 50/50

[@jamiedimon1493]

You should have asked that interviewer if they could explain why they deserved to have been born. It doesn't matter whether someone deserves something, the market pays what it wants.

[@Feh60169]

Right on on your comments about the Amazon Leadership principles and how you need to rock them during the interview.

[@gearsdan]

i recently just got hired with Amazon's IT department. It really is not difficult at all to land a job there. Its all about practice and professionalism

[@hellowill]

Failed AWS twice lmao. 2nd one I aced the coding but blew up the behavioural/LEs massively. Interviewer looked really annoyed (since I did so good on the code) and kept drilling on the LEs which I clearly did not prepare for. I think I'm blacklisted now... lmao