Area Manager I 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 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Allentown, PA) in Jun 2011
Interview
I had two phone interviews, first with the recruiter and next with an Operations Manager. At the conclusion of the second phone interview a date was set for me to have an on-site interview at one of the fulfillment centers. All travel was arranged and paid for by Amazon. On the day of the interview candidates arrived at 8am and started off by taking a math flow test. The test given was exactly the same as previous posts. The first interview was with 2 people and I first had to draw on a white board and explain the math problem. After they were satisfied with the explanation, they threw some curve balls to show I could think on my feet. I was then asked to go into more detail on scenario based questions I was required to answer and send in prior to the interview. That lasted about 45 minutes before the next interview which was one on one and was primarily about leadership and also lasted 45 minutes. The third interview was two interviewers and was a slew of questions about real examples of the relevant skills and "why Amazon" type questions. The overall process was pretty mentally exhausting but they were fair and very honest about the pluses and minuses of working there.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an example of time when you found a simple solution to a seemingly difficult problem.
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2011
Interview
1st off I have to present 4 case studies prior to the interview
2nd a word math problem
3rd you will have to present them in your interviews
4th three separate interviews with two people each.
5th people were nice and they all seemed to love what they do.
6th do your research I was over prepared but it worked to my advantage I got an offer
7th know your worth. Highly encourage you negotiate your salary
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2011
Interview
I applied through school website. After couple days got a email asking for interview. When I arrived at the interview site, they hand me some paper that consist of some math problem and senerios. The math are really easy and same with the senerio problems. The first round interview consist of two interviews:
1) behavioral interview:
they ask some pretty usual behavioral questions, such as what is your weakness, tell me three positive and negitive things that your current/ past employer would say about you, do you work well in team, what is your leadership style.
the interviewer seems really nice and really interactive with you so it is very relaxing.
- make sure you sound confident and give example that would some how link to the AM job.
2) math problem and senerios interview:
this really help them see your ability to understand the problem and what is your approach to solve the problem. not only that, they want to know how you lead and how confident are you infront of them (this reflect how you present your leadership infront of your co-workers)
this interviewer seems like he can careless, but once you ask him the right questions, he is very passionate about his work and amazon... and that's the type of OM that you want to work for.
lastly, here are something that can help you. READ through ALL the AM TIPS that's on this website! IT HELPS!! A LOT!!! know how to link their supply chain stretigies into your experiences. Ask some USEFUL questions that you truely want to know instead on boring predictable question like tell me more about this position etc.
My interview last over 1hr and only consist of first round interview. and had interesting conversation with both interviewers. Their HR are willing to work with you and help you with any question. All you have to do is ask.