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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The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Phoenix, AZ) in Sep 2011
Interview
Applied online on career web site then, I was contact by a recruiter one week later to set up a phone interview which consisted of questions about my resume and some lean management questions. Then, I had a second phone interview with a Sr. Operational Manager that consisted of questions about processes improvement and safety. Now, I'm schedule to have an on site interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What type of processes improvement have you made at work?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Wilmington, DE) in Jul 2011
Interview
They ask a lot of behavioral type questions. In order to be successful you must prepare for the following questions:
1. Define your leadership style
2. What was the most difficult part of your previous job?
3. Explain a time when you had to deal with poor job performance.
4. What did you admirer most about one of your previous supervisors
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Question 1
What did you find most difficult about your previous job?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Columbia, SC) in Jul 2011
Interview
First there was a phone interview with the recruiter. Then, since they were opening a new plant, they put on a mass interview session at one of the convention centers. The interview consisted of 3 separate interviews. The first two were with a two member panel each and the last one was with a single person. The single person portion was talking him through a math flow problem that you had to solve. Onc e you solved it he then asked you some "what if" questions based on your response.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Although not unexpected I found the question regarding past mistakes difficult because you have to measure your answer based on what you think they will expect.