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. I interviewed at Amazon (Fort Worth, TX) in Feb 2015
Interview
I was told that the interview would be at 3:30pm eastern time which was okay because I live in the central time zone so that would be 2:30pm, but the guy actually called me at 10:30am. The interview lasted about 45mins he informed me that they were interviewing for multiple positions all over the country. The interview was in the STAR format a lot of questions about working in teams and with people. They do ask a math question, the exact question that others have posted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One question is tell me a time when you were assigned a task and didn't have the right resources what did you do to solve the problem.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Los Angeles, CA) in May 2015
Interview
The interview process was very casual
If you are confident in an interview setting it will be a breeze
I did a on campus interview through the university and was called the next day for a in person interview the next day.
It consisted of 2 45 minute interviews with two different people and a math solving problem.
The math portion was easy, but I noticed that a lot of other people over thought the problem, just do the math and dont worry about the situation.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Los Angeles, CA) in May 2015
Interview
Contacted by a recruiter through email. I expressed interest and was told to formally apply for a specific position. The next day I was contacted by another recruiter and asked fill out a profile giving my education, location preferences, previously salary, how many people I've managed, what times I am available to interview, ect.
Then I was contacted by a recruiting coordinator who scheduled a phone interview. The interview was completely outside of the times a listed but I adjusted and sent my confirmation email... only to have the interview rescheduled for a week later at the same time.
At the 4pm PST interview time (I am on the East Coast 7pm) I dialed into the interview waiting for someone to join the call.
After 15 minutes I emailed the coordinator to let her know an interviewer has not joined. 18 minutes later at 4:33 pm PST I finally get a Hello, Hello. Followed by an introduction but never an apology.
We both share our background then I am asked a math question followed by 4 situational questions.
The whole interview was rushed. I didn't feel good about the math question but did feel good about the the situational questions.
The interviewer then said we would stop so I had time to ask questions. At the same time others were joining the call because they must have been scheduled at 5pm PST... which would be fine if my interview wasn't 30 minutes late.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have 30 team members working 8 hour shifts, 5 days per week.
2 team members need to be non producing
Your direct rate is 150 hours
There are two 15 minute breaks per day
How many units will your team produce in a 40 hour week?