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 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (London, England) in Dec 2015
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I applied online. A couple of basic questions - tell me about your studies and work experinece, why amazon, tell me about a time when you were a leader and had to change somebody's mind
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Kassel) in Dec 2015
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Ich habe mich online auf die Stelle beworben und bekam innerhalb einer Woche eine Gesprächseinladung zu einem Telefoninterview. Das Interview war auf Englisch und es ging um competency based questions zum Thema Leadership.
Sie haben Leadership Principles auf Ihrer Seite, aber das fand ich für die Vorbereitung gar nicht so hilfreich. Die Rückmeldung mit einer Einladung zu einem face-to-face Interview (der finale step) kam ebenfalls wenige Tage später. Das finale Interview steht noch aus!
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Nennen Sie eine Situation in der jemand auf Sie zukam mit einem komplexen Problem und Sie eine einfache Lösung dafür hatten.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Milwaukee, WI) in Feb 2015
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I applied online for an operations manager position. A recruiter set up time with me for a phone screen for an Area Manager position. It wasn't the position I wanted but I was interested because, IT'S AMAZON! Once I passed that I was scheduled for the next round which was an in person interview. I had to fill out questionnaires with open ended questions to help determine if I could make the right decisions. These questions were integrity or process based.
The in-person interview was a full-day interview, rotating between different stations at a hotel for 30-45 minute blocks. It started with a math test when I checked in. This was my favorite part of the interview because it fell right in line with the criticisms that Amazon receives about how it's a little gender biased against women. I was standing there amidst a sea of men applying for the same position. They had a tub of simple calculators for use so you couldn't use your smart phone. The tub was filled with gray calculators. I was given the pink one. Perfect. Coincidence? Probably. Did it make me think twice? Definitely.
Anyways, the test itself wasn't a breeze but it wasn't calculus either. After turning in the test, I waited for my first scheduled interview. I met with 4-5 different people. Most of them were fine but there was one interviewer who treated people terribly. I heard about him before I was scheduled to meet with him. Then as he walked me to his table, he trash talked the last person a little. Surely it was a tactic to get under my skin but it was awful and made me embarrassed for his lack of professionalism. He was decent during our actual interview. By decent, I mean we got through it but he was borderline rude and ended it in under 10 minutes.
The day was long and, though it ended with an offer, it was a disappointing representation of the company, not that it will affect my Prime membership...
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Question 1
Review of production related questions like how to make up for a bottleneck in production