**Reviewer is BIPOC** 1. A recruiter contacted me suggesting I would be a great fit for the role. 2. My interview process included a phone screen with the recruiter, a virtual interview with a team leader, and a final interview loop which consisted of 4 back to back interviews of members of the team - all virtual. 3. The final interview loop is only done on certain days of the week and there was a month gap between my interview before the actual interview loop. 4. There were 2 additional calls, both intended to assist with next steps in the process: one was a prep/info day preceding the 4-6 hour interview loop and the the other was to close out the interview process with further feedback. I did not get this job. Looking back, I would have started out taking a closer look at who the actual recruiter was because it turned out they were a summer intern which indicated a lack of actual insight to the role, company or interview process. I never felt the interviews were very difficult or that hard questions were asked but it does seem to be more difficult for me as someone who is phenomenal interviews to avoid being "too good to be true" because I can answer all of the questions and tend to be prepared with great questions as well. 🫢 This is ESPECIALLY my experience in the technology and software industry that is white/male dominated and it can be hard for white/male interviews to understand why a socially inclined, mostly creative person of color would genuinely want anything to do with software at all ever. Like, "Why would I find technology or software interesting at all?" 🫢

AWS have a number of leadership principles that they will be testing you on. Your final interview stage will consist of 4 one-hour interviews with interviewers who have been tasked to get data from your answers relating to two specific leadership principles. If you want to do well in this stage, you will need to review the leadership principles and understand how they translate to your work experiences. I would recommend looking up questions related to the leadership principles online and preparing 5/6 diverse experiences for each principle. Structure your answers using the STAR method. The interviewers will dive deeper into your answers, so be prepared to give more specific details. If you can include numerical data in your answers regarding goals (e.g. 10% sales increase YoY), actions taken (e.g. 100 emails sent out daily) and results, then they are less likely to dive deeper into your answers as they will have the data that they need.