It was a long process with several with several back to back interviews. The hiring process at Amazon is panel based and quite different. It was a great experience but requires a lot of preparation.
The interview process was based on scenarios. Be sure to relate your previous employment scenarios to Amazon’s core values such as learn and be curious, deep dive, insist on highest standards, etc.
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HR experience. Behavioral questions similar to tell me a time you handled a certain situation
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England, England) in Sep 2022
Interview
I applied online and received a call as a first stage screening. The conversation seemed quite distant, automated if that makes sense. Clearly the person who was calling me for the screening has not read my application/CV as lacked the basic information on my background. Very fast outcome response within a day which was great. Invited to second interview. Again it felt not greatly friendly but ok. Again great turnaround for the outcome within a day confirming I passed to the final stage. Then I was given a date by email which has never been confirmed by the Chime invite eventhough they have effectively confirmed by email. A day before the date of the final interviews, I had to enquire by email only to find out the interviews will not take place the next day. No news after that for a few days eventhough I was told they would come back with a new date as they are struggling to organise diaries. Upon enquiring by email (as I was also at the final stages of two other companies) I just received a standard/automated rejection email!So they rejected after offering final interviews. Terrible practice and tells me a lot about how they work. After all, I am glad I have not progressed. If they are treating candidates like this in a job market with lacking candidates, that cannot say anything good about their talent acquisition.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to disagree with others.