I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Paris) in Apr 2018
Interview
Plusieurs étapes :
-Test logique en ligne (beaucoup plus qu'un tage mage par exemple)
-Entretien RH qui tourne autour des valeurs d'Amazon (leadership principles) il faut réussir à démontrer qu'on a incorporé ces valeurs lors de précédentes expériences (le tout en anglais)
-Entretien avec un manager : il faut démontrer que vous avez eu des réalisations importantes (chiffrées) + mise en situation (le manager se fait passer pour un potentiel vendeur tiers, il faut alors essayer de le convaincre)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
-Quelles ont été vos réalisations lors de ce stage ?
-Que feriez vous différemment ?
-De quoi êtes-vous la plus fière ?
-Pourquoi le e-commerce ?
-Pourquoi Amazon ?
-Quelles sont vos prétentions salariales ?
-Qu'est-ce qui peut causer une baisse des ventes sur la marketplace ?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY)
Interview
Very generic interview. They ask a lot of general questions and when it's your turn to ask questions at the final stage, they cannot even provide you with an answer nor care to get back to you with such. Probably a good insight to the company culture..
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you thought of a clever new way to save money for the company.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxembourg)
Interview
I felt like a complete waste of time, after 2 weeks, 4 phone interviews + 6 in person at the AWS Luxembourg office, they've hired an insider, they might just needed some outside applications to validate their hiring process. Apart from the first interview with the Recruiter, who was very professional, the rest of discussions and encounters were robotic, unhumane almost. The process is rigid and does not have the flow you will find in the IT industry, there will be no questions about you, hobbies, work-life balance. Keep in mind, all interviews (phone and in person) have a sort of transcript. The interviewer is typing while also listening to you and for a lot of them I felt this was a struggle, not all are typist skilled and it does affect the overall process not to mention you are talking to a person who is just starring in the screen. You need to talk very slow to allow them to catch up with typing, you need to respond in absolute STAR technique, anything else will derail them from filling up the form and it's a pain for them and you . Although the position was for AWS sales with no technical requirements, there were lots of technical questions, network components definitions mainly. The 6 interviews I had in person in Luxembourg were exhausting, different people will ask you the same thing and not all interviewers have the same business experience or interest in being in that room with you, so the assessment it's awkward. A disappointing experience overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lots of questions to dig on your Customer Obsession appetite