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 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Riverside, CA) in Mar 2014
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter and asked to participate in an interview. Being in Seattle, I though it would be in Seattle. Instead they pressured me to move to California, and after some consideration, I agreed to explore further. The "interview fair" was impersonal, and unimpressive. The company and the recruiter encouraged me to ask challenging questions, but when I did, it made them uncomfortable and probably backfired. One bad impression out all of the interview rounds, and you're toast. After learning more about the opportunity I would have declined an offer.
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The story problem was 15 minutes long, and moderately challenging. If you're good at math and operationally experienced, it shouldn't be hard.
Will get initial phone call from recruiter. Call was 3 Behavior questions with a math component that was very straightforward. Next step involves a follow-up with inviting you to fulfillment center and have 4 separate 30 minute interviews. 3 Behavior based interviews with the fourth having to do with a math component. They give you the problem after touring you around the facility and before going through the interviews.
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Many of the behavioral questions were similar (i.e. along the lines of tell you how you improved a process). The math question is straight forward as others have posted.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Washington, DC) in Apr 2014
Interview
Submitted an application online, and about a month later received an email asking for three blocks of time for a telephone interview.
The representative from Amazon called about 30min after the scheduled time, but this can be counted as being under the "call may be delayed" portion of the interview scheduling email. The interviewer asked if because of the delay if the interview should be rescheduled, which I responded with "That's not necessary, there is no problem with conducting it now".
The interviewer admitted that they had not reviewed any of the application (or resume) data beforehand, and had to "log in and access" the information several minutes into the interview when work history/experience was mentioned during an answer.
It was obvious that the interview was not a priority for them, as they were on a speakerphone and you could hear them carrying on a separate conversation in the background. You could hear paper-shuffling, as it seemed that they would look down at a sheet of paper to randomly pick a question when you stopped talking.
There were 4-5 questions asked in total, with no math problem asked. The questions were generic ones that can be found on the internet.
It was challenging trying to respond to questions, since it was apparent that the interviewer was not paying attention.
The total phonecall was 16min long, which included their introduction, the interview questions, and the questions for them.
The interview ended abruptly with a "thank you for your time" comment, and a "you are no longer being considered" email was recieved the following day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When is it ever acceptable to violate a rule or regulation?