Área Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2011
Interview
-Initial phone screening dealing with capacity to manage programs and people
-2nd phone interview related more to operational experience (metrics used, process improvement, planning)
-on site interview was amicable and straight forward. basic math problem dealing with allocating resources to complete production goals. interview manly consisted of going over responses to previously assigned questions dealing with HR, safety, and quality issues. Responses were clarified and further probed during the panel.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time you took a product, service, or process and improved it.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2012
Interview
I applied through my university and got called in for an interview. It was two parts, with the first being the standard behavioral questions. It was more relaxed and easy going than the second part, which is the problem solving aspect of the interview. Make sure you understand process flow and to look over the questions that are posted on this site, as they are used verbatim. The guy was pretty intimidating so be prepared for that as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time where you had to deal with a difficult team member