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 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Los Angeles, CA) in May 2015
Interview
Contacted by a recruiter through email. I expressed interest and was told to formally apply for a specific position. The next day I was contacted by another recruiter and asked fill out a profile giving my education, location preferences, previously salary, how many people I've managed, what times I am available to interview, ect.
Then I was contacted by a recruiting coordinator who scheduled a phone interview. The interview was completely outside of the times a listed but I adjusted and sent my confirmation email... only to have the interview rescheduled for a week later at the same time.
At the 4pm PST interview time (I am on the East Coast 7pm) I dialed into the interview waiting for someone to join the call.
After 15 minutes I emailed the coordinator to let her know an interviewer has not joined. 18 minutes later at 4:33 pm PST I finally get a Hello, Hello. Followed by an introduction but never an apology.
We both share our background then I am asked a math question followed by 4 situational questions.
The whole interview was rushed. I didn't feel good about the math question but did feel good about the the situational questions.
The interviewer then said we would stop so I had time to ask questions. At the same time others were joining the call because they must have been scheduled at 5pm PST... which would be fine if my interview wasn't 30 minutes late.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have 30 team members working 8 hour shifts, 5 days per week.
2 team members need to be non producing
Your direct rate is 150 hours
There are two 15 minute breaks per day
How many units will your team produce in a 40 hour week?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Lexington-Fayette, KY) in Aug 2013
Interview
Had a phone screen that went terrible. Military recruiter said I had great content; however, the delivery was not the best. Went to interview and tour LEX2 and was offered position 1 week later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Amazon wants to hear about how you took a process and made it easier and more efficient. They are all about "new" ideas. Data driven and goal oriented are a must. Understand how to allocate labor based on Units per hour.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Hebron, KY) in Oct 2011
Interview
The hiring process was a great experience. The first step in my hiring process was a phone interview with someone in human resources at the company. The other candidates and I were then flown to a fulfillment center in Kentucky where we interviewed with three other operations managers from throughout the U.S. We also toured the facility and got to see behind the scenes, which was really cool.