I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2015
Interview
Once I uploaded into Amazon Job site, a recruiter sent me an email with possible phone interview schedule. it took about 30 min and she promised that will contact with me within a week.
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Question 1
How do you solve any conflict that occurred recently?
Recruiter couldn't get my phone number right. It took several tries to correct her. First phone interview was ok but the second one was unengaged from the beginning, rushed through it and then cut me off, being short of hanging up on me. Very unprofessional.
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Question 1
Why did you chose this project to illustrate you would be the right fit for the role?
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2016
Interview
Amazon's recruitment is run like a factory. It is clear they have a rather large recruitment team (I hear upwards of a thousand) and the company is on an amazing growth trajectory. This means they run interviews like you're on a conveyor belt. I applied at my university and I was immediately put through the process of video interviews. In the first round it was two back to back interviews with current Senior PMs. The first one was focused on behavioral questions, work history, and fit. The second interviewer provided case studies and was quite rude and arrogant. Not sure if he was intentionally trying to make me angry but I had to hold myself back. It was clear after my time with him I was not going to move forward. After reading that NYTimes article it's probably a good thing.
Oddly enough one of my friends also went through the process and received an offer. We had two very different experiences. He did not get any case studies and his questions focused more on behavioral and situational questions. He also had much more pleasant interviewers. So it's the luck of the draw. It's also worth noting that once you make it past round one of video interviewers you will get called back for a second round of video interviews before receiving an offer. Amazon does not fly out graduate student candidates (at least not us). I find it a bit unnerving that you don't meet anyone face to face or get to experience Seattle. If you apply through this method, hopefully you've already visited Seattle to determine if you like living there and don't mind knowing which team you get assigned to until AFTER you accept the offer. Personally I like to know who I'm going to be working for before signing at the dotted line. You have no idea who your direct manager is going to be or if the team you are working with is going to be a cultural fit. Roll the dice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Market sizing questions to determine if you know how to ask questions, estimate, etc. Quite pointless questions and has nothing to do if you can do the job.