Amazon Area Manager I interview questions

The overall experience was outstanding. Everyone involved in the interview processes are extremely professional. I heard about the position at a career fair and applied online. After applying online, I contacted recruiters on LinkedIn who set me up with a phone interview. Phone interview was pretty standard and stress-free. Answer questions with STAR format and be ready to answer follow-on questions for each question. After the phone interview, I was contacted via email and invited for an on-site interview. Flight, hotel, and rental car expenses were paid for, as well as up to $65 a day in food expenses. The onsite interview began at 7 am at the fulfillment center. All interviewees were excorted past security into a briefing room and given a math flow problem and about 10 minutes to complete it before starting the fulfillment center tour. Tour of the facility was very informative, given by the on-site ICQA Area Manager. After the tour, we were cycled through 4 interviewers, the on-site GM, on-site HR manager, and 2 Senior Ops Managers from other locations. All were pretty stress-free, most stressful being the math flow and case study interview. The math flow problem is fairly easy, but the follow-on questions and scenarios put you on the spot to do quick math and make quick decisions. You are made to write the problem on a white board and present your answer and argue your case for each decision you make. After the interviews, I was escorted out of the building and that was the conclusion of the interview. The interview was on a Friday and I was contacted on Tuesday with an offer. Offer is pretty standard and non-negotiable: $70k/year, $20k lump sum sign on bonus (taxed), and $15k sign on bonus after completing 1 year (paid in 12 increments, 310 stock units.

Applied online for an area manager position at a distribution center in Phoenix.. Received an e-mail from a member of the talent acquisition team (also known as HR) and talked for a while to him about my background and experience. I also received a questionairre that I was asked to fill out and return, and was told they would be in touch. Next step was a mono v. mono phone interview with a senior operations manager. Again, background and resume review, and then some basic questions about metrics, leadership, managerial skills, and the like. 2 days later, I received an e-mail asking where and when I'd like to go for an on-site interview. Unfortunately, the locations did not include Phoenix, which is where the position I applied for was located. I was told I would be interviewing for an operations manager position, which is the next level of management above the position I applied for. Unfortunately, I couldn't commit to moving across the country for a job with a company I had never worked for.