Amazon Área Manager interview questions

Second Interviewer: What is you background, why did you choose your major? Tell about your previous jobs? Where do you see yourself in five years? (He didn't really care about what I said)

Math Problem will be emailed. Then you will be required to explain it. Please take 15 minutes to review this question and be prepared to present your answer to the panel. You have an upstream Picking department that feeds two downstream packing departments: A and B. 75% of your Pick volume goes to department A, which has a packing rate of 150 units per labor hour (uph). 25% of the Pick volume goes to department B, which is for large items, and has a pack rate of 25 units per labor hour. Your pickers pick both large and small items throughout the day at an overall average rate of 100 units per labor hour. You have 25 people today for all 3 departments, and you absolutely must pack 7500 units in department A to meet a customer promise metric. How do you allocate labor to balance the flow in your department if you work a 10 hour shift? Do not assume breaks or lunches in your answer. Department % of volume Rate (uph) People Daily volume Pick 100% 100 ?? ?? Pack A 75% 150 ?? 7500 Pack B 25% 25 ?? ?? My solution. Overall Volume * 75% = 7500 *.75 = 7500 = 7500/.75 Overall Volume = 10,000 = uph * hours * people = 100 * 10 * people = 1000 10 = people Packing A: 7,500 = uph * hours * people = 150 * 10 * people = 1500 7500 / 1500 = people 5 = people Packing B: 10,000 * 25% = 2500 2500 = uph * hours * people = 25 * 10 * people 2500 = 250 * people 10 = people Now cut uph on Packing Department A: from 150 to 125. How much volume is packed during the first 5 hours? How much volume is packed during the second 5 hours on Packing Department A? Your must meet the 10,000 overall volume and 75000 (Pack A) From which department do you move people? What is the overall output for each department after move?

Scenario: You have Chris and Jennifer two associates. Each day Jennifer carpools to work with Chris. One day Jennifer arrives half an hour late. Jennifer is your team, and Chris is on your peers team. When arriving late at Amazon's policy is employees get deductibles off their pay checks. On the next paycheck Jennifer has a half hour of pay taken off her pay check and Chris doesn't. How will you deal with Jennifer when she comes and complains? Will you tell your peer (other Area Manager)? How will you deal with this policy? What is the correct way of dealing with this policy? Is this fair for Chris and not Jennifer?