The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2011
Interview
Got the interview through my university recruiting process. Had 1st round at the university- 1 interview, and 2nd in Seattle. The one in Seattle had 4 1:1 interviews, all fit no cases or mini cases. 2 interviews were ok, one clearly the interviewer didn't know much about interviewing people, just reading questions from a paper, and the 4th one was a bit aggressive and made my life hard asking follow-up questions about every answer I had.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Data Analysis example (it's very important for Amazon, especially the use of SQL)
A case they gave a friend of mine- let's say you're a product manager and you accidentally price a product too low (for example missing a zero- $100 instead of $1000) and a few customers already ordered the product under the wrong price- how would you act?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2011
Interview
I attended a career fair and submitted by resume. But, I could not meet anyone from operations division. So, I got contact information from a recruiter and contacted the manager in operations. I was selected for the first round and I was asked to submit the application. But, never got back from them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about leadership? Can you manage 10- 15 people?
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2011
Interview
Conducted 2 phone interviews. Tell me about yourself, behavioral questions (Time you made a change, Gave bad news, etc). In-person interview was two phases. There was a panel interview (4 managers). Prior to the in-person interview they sent 4 scenarios and a math problem. In the panel interview, the managers good cop/bad cop on the scenario questions. They also conduct the math problem. Know how to do the math, they will change aspects of the problem during the interview to ensure you actually know the math. The last phase is talking about the position and what you can expect. They are fishing to see if you are scared of the long hours, their "Peak" season (Nov. 20 - Dec. 25), and learning new things.
Frugality is important to Amazon and it shows in their offices. They are afterthoughts. If, as a manger, you thought you may have a solitary place to work on projects it won't happen. Most of your day will be spent walking the floor or going over numbers at a at door desk (finished plywood about four feet off the ground).
Management - they will tell you things have changed to reduce their 30% turnover. I doubt its anything Amazon has done and more of what the economy had done to job seekers. Ham-handed management through muscle.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A supervisor making a worker remaining in a path that may injure them for an extended period of time.