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 college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2014
Interview
I approached the Amazon recruiters at my school's career fair. After fielding the Area Manager recruiter's initial questions, I was invited to interview with another recruiter in two days. At this interview, I was asked three behavioral questions to assess my ability to manage and interact with people, and a math question to assess my ability to problem solve.
This interview lasted an hour, and within 48 hours I was asked to come out to one of the distribution centers for a final interview. Amazon was very accommodating in terms of getting candidates to this interview stage, in some cases flying candidates out and having rental cars waiting for them, and in others putting candidates into contact with one another to drive in together. This interview lasted the better part of an entire day, and included a tour of the facility, and three interviews with a current area manager, a senior distribution manager (I believe), and a human resources representative. This stage of the interview also included a more rigorous math problem to assess my ability to efficiently utilize given resources. I was sent this information, along with other reading materials prior to this final interview, to prepare.
While I did not end up being offered a position with Amazon, I applaud the expedient and efficient manner in which they handled the entire interview process. From beginning to end, the interview/hiring process took no more than two weeks, so there was none of that anxious waiting to hear back from them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The second interview's math question, while not being algebraically difficult, needs to be completed in 15 minutes on site and requires you to make the simplest possible assumptions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Nashville, TN)
Interview
First was a school interview. That was really easy, so was the math flow question asked. The on-site interview was 3 behavior interviews and 1 math one that I over-thought and got wrong, but I was still offered the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When they changed the math problem at the on-site interview
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Phoenix, AZ) in Sep 2014
Interview
The recruiter was great and gave lots of information about what to expect and wear. The interview process included 4 separate interviews with different individuals. One interviewer was asking questions about what I would do in a particular situation, but since I only had a basic knowledge of the process, my answer didn't satisfy him. I wasn't taking into account the details of how things were done, because I didn't really know them. His obvious annoyance at my answers made me lose my confidence and I'm sure that's the interviewer that didn't think I was a good fit for the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you handle the situation if a few of your employees are falling behind their expected rate?