Area Manager I 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 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I had initially applied to Amazon several times without success. Luckily I caught the eye of a recruiter from one of my social profiles ie. Monster or LinkedIn. The recruiter contacted me through email and I sent back the survey provided expressing my interest. A few days later I received an email telling me that I was chosen for a phone interview.
Phone Interview:
The interviewer called me at the scheduled time. I was given a background on the interviewer and the experience he had at Amazon. I must say I was impressed. I was asked to give background o n myself and my past experiences. Make sure you are very knowledgeable about your resume and can give examples of each bullet point. There was a math question that was pretty easy. The question was altered several times so the interviewer could gauge my critical thinking skills. I got the impression that how I came to my conclusions was more important than the answers. The rest of the interview was pretty standard. I received an email a few days later that my interview had went well and I was chosen to have a face to face.
Face to face interview:
This interview was a bit intimidating and is definitely not for the weak of heart. I had to travel to a location where they were having an interview event. Amazon pays the expense. Once at the site I discovered the were 10 or 11 ppl also interviewing for the same position. I'm not sure if we were all interviewing for the same site. We were taken on a tour of the facility, which is very impressive. After the tour we went into our interviews. We each had 5 or 6 interviews with different people. Each interviewer focused on a different set of Amazon principles. Research the company and be very familiar with each of them. Make sure to prepare experiences of your own that follow these principles. The interviews each followed the STAR format. Also, you are given a math problem which you have 15 mins to solve. You will also have present the problem. The interview lasted 6hrs.
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Question 1
Give an example of a time you made a mistake and what you did to address it
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (East Rutherford, NJ) in Jun 2015
Interview
3 part interview. First was in a group and given a simple math problem to solve. Then interviewed by a current area manager and was asked a few personality questions and was given an overview of the job. Final part was interview by HR rep. Here we discussed the math problem and were asked a few more questions of how we would handle on the job situations. Overall a pretty pleasant experience.
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Question 1
Name a time where you were faced with a problem and were unable to solve it
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Lexington, KY) in Aug 2012
Interview
Interview process starts off with a phone screen. During this interview you are asked some basic behavioral questions to see how you fit the Amazon culture. During the in person interview you will have between 4-5 interviews at what is called a POD. A POD is a time where they have 5-20 applicants all come together for interviews all at the same location. During this time you will have 3 interviews that have behavioral based questions, 1 interview that is discussing a math flow problem, the other interview is considered a "bar raiser." The bar raiser interview looks to see how you meet the Amazon culture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please describe a time you encountered a situation similar to ______ .