Sr. Product 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.
Candidates applying for Sr. Product Manager roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 37 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Sr. Product Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Mailand) in Jun 2015
Interview
The interviewer asked me on my current job and my role, he tested my English (I'm Italian mother tongue) and switched soon to the leadership principles.
The interview is not focused much on technical skills, I can't rate the overall experience as a negative one since I know amazon focuses interviews on leadership principles but not everything maps on their principle.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What did in your current job that can be considered disruptive
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2016
Interview
I applied this role via campus resume book on Sep.2016. Received notification email a week earlier of the fixed interview day.
Two back-to-back 30 min interview.
Both interviewers are product manager, very kind, though one was a little hurry, keeping interrupting my words.
Got an rejection next day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Part1:
tell me about yourself
why product manager is better than project manager
an example of analyzing a problem
case: customer complain has a spike, what's wrong?
Part2:
tell me about yourself
Why Amazon
Strength and weakness
the most complicated project you face
you face a problem, and you find out the root cause is different from what you expect.
case: DVD cost is $50, price is $100, Amazon can sell 1000 units and buy 1000 units from manufactuer, now manufactuer provide a 30% discount if Amazon buy 4000 units. Should Amazon accept this suggestion?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Palo Alto, CA) in Jan 2015
Interview
Two phone screens, onsite "loop" with four team members and one "bar raiser." Each interviewer will focus on at least one of the amazon leadership principles. Questions about amazon itself, the customer, etc. Process very smooth from phone screen to onboarding. It's VERY VERY VERY common for a first interview on the phone to not result in a good fit, but if the screener likes you they will definitely pass you to another group.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard product management questions but with a cloud focus. How do you work with engineering, etc. How would you price a service in a new region, etc. Then a semi-technical interview with a bar raiser. Let's build X service in the cloud... Lots of focus on the Amazon leadership principles, which IMO are a great set of principles to have an example of in any interview. There's a reason every single customer loves amazon.