Business Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 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 online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2016
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Applied online at Amazon.com. Got contacted for an interview about a month later. Started with a phone screen with who would be my manager. After about a week I was contacted to do a 2nd phone screen with the next higher-up manager. After some time, I was contacted for an on-site interview loop in downtown Seattle. It was almost an entire full day of interviews (with a lunch break).
The interviews were generally very relaxed. I was asked general questions about my abilities, why I want to work at Amazon and related behavioral questions.
Definitely know the Leadership Principals and tie them in to every answer if possible! Amazon lives and dies by those principals.
Finally I met with HR after about 6 or so interviews, and they explained the benefits and reviewed my salary expectations and explained when I would hear back regarding their decisions.
It appears that Amazon doesn't interview multiple candidates and compares them - they interview a single candidate at at time for a position, and then decide yes or no - then move on to the next one.
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Question 1
How do you decide what takes priority if you have 3 important tasks that need to be done?
I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Nov 2014
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It was good the first rounds were only on communication followed by couple of technical and final was the way you think about the situations. It was good interview and little thinkable
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2016
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Very amazon. Asked about a time I innovated a process, time I used customer feedback, time I used limited budget/resources and outperformed.
Study the 14 leadership principles, they definitely want you to be able to relay your work experience to them.
It's all about efficiency and work ethic and the questions are geared to find candidates who fit that.
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Question 1
What was one time you used customer feedback to change the way you worked?
Talk about a time you went beyond expectations.
Do you have experience with SQL?
Talk about a time you had to manage a budget. Were you able to get ore out of less?