Area Manager 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 online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Rugeley, England) in Oct 2016
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Process approx. 4-5 weeks. Numeracy test very difficult, video interview was simple. invited to interview. This involved 4 separate 30 min interviews with different members of staff. All questions based on leadership principles using STAR method. Included a site tour.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Phoenix, AZ) in Aug 2015
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Submitted a resume online. Got a call back a couple months later. Had a phone screen after a first initial email. Told me next day that I passed the phone screen. Then they organized an in person interview for a couple weeks later. Flew me out to PHX for this. 4-5 other managers will interview you. They call it a pod. They will bring you into a fulfillmenter center and you will be with many other candidates. A recruiter will coordinate it all. It will include an area manager, operations manager, and a HR person. Look up amazon leadership principles and try to relate it to those. use STAR format. Try to use as much data as you can.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2016
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The interview process was very straight forward. I applied through a listing on my school career website. I was then emailed an assessment to take with a 48 hour time limit. I took the assessment one night, and received a call the next day. The flew me out to Chicago, IL the following week. I had two 1:1 interviews. One interview was very situational based/case study. The other was more behavioral.
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Question 1
Since you are an engineer, describe a unique process that you implemented.