Program Manager 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.
Candidates applying for Program Manager roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Program Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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It was a three step interview process -- recruiter screening, hiring manager, group interviews. Information about the process and expectations were straight-forward, overall seemed to be well-organized. Significant preparation for the interview is strongly suggested, with a focus on their leadership principles.
Initial phone screen, followed by an interview loop with 4 one-hour interviews. 3/4 of these were with people on or adjacent to the team, and 1/4 with an unrelated Amazonian.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Which of the Amazon Leadership Principles resonated with you when you read them?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2021
Interview
Get a Referal (or be the top 1%), then Hiring manager informational call, Online Assessment and personality test, Hiring manager phone screen, 2-4 page writing sample, loop with 5 interviews asking "tell me about a time when...." .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leadership principles + follow-up.
Keyword here is "preparation": which means dissect, embellish and memorize your entire professional life. This quirky interview process is more of a creative effort and you need to put in the TIME to walk through each question posted on numerous amazon interview guides online and mold your examples to match each. Imagine you are a comic book writer who is writing a 500-page origin story of yourself as the protagonist detailing 15 years of your life. Make it colorful, entertaining - and then cram that 500 page novella inside your head.
Resume or pedigree doesn't really matter on the loop day though the hiring manager takes that into account before shortlisting you.