Kushal Vijayvergiya is currently a second-year student at FMS Delhi. He did his undergraduate from BITS Pilani, before joining FMS. Kushal did his Summer Internship at Amazon as Product Management Intern. We met up with him to find out more about his journey and experience with Amazon
Q. How did you prepare for the Summer Internship Process?
Majorly preparation included bringing more and more perfection in my interview skills. To be able to communicate properly, be quick on my feet and be very much confident presentable during the interview. Focused on my answers and had mock interviews with my seniors.
Q. What was the Process like for Amazon?
The first round was a test that included some business simulation problems followed by a psychometric test. After the test, there were 2 interview rounds.
Amazon is one of the most aspired workplaces today. Be it their startup culture, leadership principles or just their products, b-schoolers hope to get an internship with Amazon. In this highly detailed interview, IIM Kozhikode student describes the complex and thorough process that he underwent to get selected for a summer internship and finally get a PPO, with Amazon. Here's how he did it!
Q. How was your experience working with Amazon?
Amazon was a great learning experience. As an intern you are treated as an employee, the level of responsibilities and expectations push you to work hard. Curiosity is much appreciated and interns are encouraged to connect with managers, senior managers across different teams to learn, proving the overall internship to be incredible learning. My project was a quintessential product manager role where I was responsible for managing a feature of their new product. The project was open-ended and quite challenging.
The working style at Amazon completely revolves around their Leadership Principles and is a bit different from the conventional setting that one might experience in other companies.
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n this video, we have covered Amazon, the $1.7 Trillion Internet Giant, whose market cap is more than the GDP of countries like South Korea, Australia, Spain, Mexico etc. Amazon’s market cap is upwards of $1.7 T and the company’s turnover is north of $386 B (2020). The company has 1.2 M + employees and owns brands like Whole Foods, Ring, Zoox, MGM, Zappos, Twitch etc.So how did Amazon achieve this? How do they make money? Who are they competing with and how can you work with them? All these questions will be answered in this video where we'll analyse Amazon's business model, growth, competition, jobs, and much more
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In this video, Divya then talks about working with Amazon and being instrumental in managing Kindle just after it was launched in India. She talks of the difference in managing a product that is software versus a product like Kindle, a device.Divya then shares her experience working at Amazon in Seattle. She talks of her passion for books and reading, and how she read all about Amazon in this book called ‘The Everything Store.’ She shares how working at Amazon is like working at a very organised startup. She talks about the difference in handling a product like the Kindle, and how different kinds of PM roles exist.
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For the Class Of 2022, we are back with the 8th season of InsideIIM's Best 50 - India's Most Employable MBA Graduates - Class Of 2022! If you're graduating from a B-School in 2022, you're eligible to take part in this competition! Grab the chance to bring out your best side and impress your recruiters and peers. Take the opportunity to show the world why you are special, on your own terms.
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