I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2018
Interview
Initially started great but told I was a better fit elsewhere. No problem as I had ambitions in other areas of the organization, but no follow up as promised by either recruiter. They’ve been fine to let me hang, and some applications have been sitting with them for months. Overall a very slow process with little transparency.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time the data didn’t support the direction you took a decision and how that worked out for you.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Philadelphia, PA) in Feb 2017
Interview
There were two rounds of interviews with two interviews in each round. The first round was 30 mins per interview. The second was 45 mins per interview.
The interviews were conducted over Amazon's internal screen sharing tool.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview questions were a mix of leadership principles based questions and a few case questions.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
I was referred and then contacted by a recruiter a few days later. My referrer had to ping the recruiter repeatedly throughout the process, so be prepared to ask your referrer to help things along. I had a brief phone interview with the hiring manager of the team I wanted to work on. He liked my background a lot so the phone interview was concersational, friendly, and stress less.
Interviews are scheduled way in advance. It seems they have a hard time managing all the schedules. Patience is required.
The interview process was pretty intense and tiring. Six 45 minute interviews more or less back to back save for a lunch break. All questions are behavioral and all are attached to the "Leadership Principles." If you know them, you can pick up what trait they're looking to see. Definitely spend lots of time thinking through the last few years of your work life and cache SEVERAL examples for each.
My interviewers were exceptionally bright and respectful but cut-to-the-chase professional. I was stumped once or twice but we just kept moving. All of them left time for me to ask them questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you made a large mistake at work. What was the mistaks, how did you escalate to your management, and how did you rectify?