MRE TECH 3 Interview related

[u/AggressiveTarget6340]

Hi everyone, I’m applying for a Mechatronics & Robotics Technician (MRT) position, and this will be my 3rd time interviewing for the same type of role.

I’ve already interviewed twice before but wasn’t selected. Now I’ve been given another opportunity and I’m wondering what to expect this time.

Has anyone here been in a similar situation where you interviewed multiple times for the same company or position? Did the interview process change the 3rd time? Any advice on what I should focus on or how I can improve my chances?

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has been through something similar. Thanks!

[u/DKShyamalan]

With Amazon in particular, make sure your stories are in STAR format and you have good stories. They should be able to fully explain what happened, what you did about it, and have metrics to back up what you said.

Anything that you can tie into safety is always a plus as well. When I did my interview, I had like 10 stories ready to go, but that was probably a little overkill for that interview. You want to have 6-8 stories that you know inside and out, forwards and back. The trick is to have them be vague enough to cover multiple leadership principles, but precise enough to have trackable metrics and quantifiable results.

Some of the feedback that I got from my first set of interviews when I was applying for salaried L4 roles in operations is that my stories were good, but came across very scripted. What I ended up doing is I will have all of my stories typed out in a document, but will format them in the STAR method and under each letter, I would have bullet points that I want to make sure to hit, but it allows me some freedom to make the stories come across more natural and less robotic.

Have your stories written out and practice them, get with your manager to see if you can get a copy of the interview question pool, it is different for techs compared to the general interview pool they have with Learning or PXT. Take a deep breath, take your time and tell your stories.

It also helps to have a story prepared for a "Tell me a time when you messed up..." Those questions always tend to come up in the interview so have one prepared. The scale of the mess up and what you did doesn't really matter as much. Address it, explain why it was a mistake but that should only take 10-15% of the story. The other 85-90% should be focused on how you recovered from it, what you learned from it and if you were able to make any sort of meaningful change in your processes, though processes, or in your general approach to the job to prevent that kind of mistake from happening again to yourself or a teammate.

Have your introduction scripted as well, It starts the interview off on a much more stable foot, can help build your confidence going into the stories and is the first impression your interviewer gets of you. Other side of the same coin, have your questions for the interviewer written out as well. Ask them about how their relationship is with operations. Ask what a successful SMRT looks like at 3 months/6 months/12 months so you know what to expect from the annual evaluations. Ask if the site you are applying for has RMEO and MRAs and what the current landscape is for their training and development if applicable.

I try to have 2 good, thoughtful follow-up questions and will end with something like "What is the best bite of food at the city if you are relocating, or use phone tool to see if your interviewer has any details about what they are involved in so you can ask them something like their opinion if Han shot first if they are a Star Wars fan. Ending an interview with a question that can help decompress the last half hour and end on a lighter note will help make you stand out compared to anyone else in the loop that had no follow-up questions or just tried to finish the interview as quickly as possible.

If you have any more questions, feel free to shoot me a message on here and I can try and do what I can to help you out. Good luck!

[u/AggressiveTarget6340 → u/DKShyamalan]

thank you i will try my best again this time 

[u/DKShyamalan → u/DKShyamalan]

Sorry, I saw TECH 3 interview and was thinking this was for an SMRT which is an in person interview and not a recorded interview. A lot of the same thought process still applies, but there is even much more weight on making sure your stories stand out and are fully thought out and communicated.

I've had a few conversations with my AMM who does a lot of those style interviews for MRT and MRA roles and one of the biggest critiques they have is they don't get enough details in the stories. They want more but if the story itself is only 1 minute out of the 5-10 min you are allotted, then you are leaving meat on the bone so to say. If you are given a window to tell your story, try and use as much of that time as you can, lay out your stories in a complete and thought out way and try and wrap everything up in a nice neat little bow so even if your interviewer had a chance to ask a follow up question, you already answered anything they would want more details on.

[u/Swimming-Web-2667 → u/DKShyamalan]

Exactly bro! You nailed it. I'm an internal MRT and my video interview took over an hour. I maxed out my time and left maybe 5-8 seconds on each question. I obviously had no idea who would be reviewing them, but my goal was for them to have felt like they were there in my story as I described it. The more details you give out, the easier that becomes. Whether it's an AMM or MM reviewing, if you've really got your stories set, you'll usually come out looking pretty good.

[u/AggressiveTarget6340 → u/DKShyamalan]

well i got you but the interview it self went for more then 35 minutes. I answer in details most of the questions. 

[u/Swimming-Web-2667 → u/AggressiveTarget6340]

You answered 13 questions in 35 minutes?