I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Ciudad de México) in Aug 2017
Interview
I applied online. A couple of weeks after I was called by HR for a screening process just to ask for my income and basic skills. Then they programmed a first phone interview with an employee with similar experience as mine just to assess career and culture match. The interview is divided in 3 parts: interviewer introduction, a series of questions relating your experience with amazon's leadership principles, and a practical question. All went good with the first interview. Then we programmed a second phone interview with the General Manager (manager of the position's manager) Interview followed the same structure as the first one. All went good until the practical question where the interviewer didn't provided enough information for the question and just keep on pushing with "what else?" questions, without exploring beyond. The question was "how would you know a category you manage is performing well?" That was it, no more info for a more precise answer. I elaborated my answer from objectives setting to all ranges of KPIs to possible issues and alternatives. Nevertheless I was just asked back "ok what else?" over and over again. By the end of the interview I asked to the interviewer how she would have answered that very same question, and came up with internal KPIs that I am unfamiliar to. A day after I received the notice by HR that they will not move forward with my process and that they are not allowed to provide feedback. So, I don't know if I was discarted because of my experiencie, values match or the answer of the practical question....and it seems I will never know. My reco is to prepare for the interview relating a professional experience (fact and number based) to each of the 14 Amazon's Leadership Principles (available online) and be ready for an ambiguous abstract question.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How would you define the demand for a opening category we do not currently sale?
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2016
Interview
Applied online and was contacted by HR after 1 week. Had a phone interview with a peer of that position. Then a 2nd phone interview with the hiring manager.
Both interviewers seemed like novices, and the hiring manager asked really I irrelevant questions. Everything was behavioral or case based questions and they were looking for you to share some revolutionary project you worked on.
Very fun but tiring and a lot more competitive than it seems to be. Be prepared to be constantly thinking out of the box. Some knowledge of retail is helpful.