For 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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Some guy spoke unintelligibly and cut it short after I could not answer two SQL trick questions. They must have a million people applying. It is much easier to just start your own company or cure cancer.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2015
Interview
The entire process took a week. Had an initial phone interview for an hour. Questions were general to more specific. They basically tried to analyse me and see where I can fit.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2016
Interview
I applied through the referral program. I completed an informational call where the manager descried the position. Afterwards there were two phone interviews with different managers in devices. The next round would be onsite to meet with 4-5 people. There was a two week gap between the first phone interview and feedback from the recruitment coordinator.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were questions about:
Work history
Situation questions
Reasons for applying
SQL and database questions: question on describing joins
Product/Growth strategy: How would you retain customers/increase uptake
Describing steps of how to analyze new data sources