I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Initial phone screen from recruiter covered basics and provided good outline of the process and the preferred structure for candidates to answer questions and describe their experience. Then phone interviews with hiring manager and member of the department. (Onsite interviews would have been last step.)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A scenario was described about a potential new fulfillment delivery offering, and several questions were asked about how one would go about defining requirements. In general this could have been a good framework to discuss product planning skills and relevant past experiences. What was unsatisfying was the interviewer's narrow Amazon context in the line of questioning -- e.g. "what groups within Amazon would you work with?", "what Amazon data would you use to shape and refine the offering?".
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2016
Interview
The process was very professional and well handled. The recruiters did an excellent job, and the interviewers were very well selected for the role I was interviewing for. I took a bit of time to go through all of the steps - phone screens, and scheduling, but once that was done the process was one of the best I have been through.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They all asked questions that were related to their leadership principals that are outlined on their career site
The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I was approached by the recruiter because she found me on LinkedIn. Initial phone interview the recruiter was 15 min late and seemed very unorganized. She then referred me to the hiring manager which took a couple of weeks. I had a good conversation with the hiring manager, mostly questions about how I would manage a team and bad employees. I sent him a thank you, and he told me another manager will be talking to him via phone. The recruiter set up the next phone interview 3 weeks later. The second phone interview was okay but the manager interviewing was asking very detailed questions in product management and seemed to have a bit of an attitude. After that I was sent an email three weeks later again to come in onsite to meet everyone in person. When I sent the dates and times I was available, a week later they said the position is on hold and they would let me know. I waited another week (note I'm in 8 weeks now), and reached out to the hiring manager, a few days later the same recruiter called me and said that she forgot to contact me. She then sent me another position they thought that I would be a good fit for, I declined to go through the process again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time on how you would deal with a below average employee.