I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2017
Interview
I was referred for a role and quickly had a phone screen set up with a recruiter. After the recruiter phone screen, there was a phone screen with the hiring manager, after which I got an email about the on-site.
After going through the on-site interviews, a few days later I got a call where the recruiter told me that they weren't going to hire me for the senior role I'd interviewed for, but had passed the hiring bar for a more junior role and could be hired for any non-senior PM role for after a phone call with the hiring manager. I was told that my resume would be sent around to other sourcers and that I would very likely be getting an offer.
One other sourcer reached out to me about a role that the hiring manager decided I wasn't a good fit for. After that, I followed up with the recruiter a few times over the next two months, but didn't get any response about next steps. I have not heard from them since.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They were all "tell me about a time" questions with follow-ups. Nothing particularly difficult assuming that you have a wealth of experiences to draw from.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Irvine, CA) in Jul 2017
Interview
The interview questions were all aligned to see how the interviewer rates against Amazon's fourteen leadership values. Scenario style questions were asked and I was supposed to provide answers of how I would go about solving the specific problems. I appreciated how amazon was approaching hiring. What I did not appreciate was how the interview ended. At the end of the interview the last interviewer left and I was all alone in the room. The person who brought me to the interview and kicked off the process went home for the day (at 4:30) and I ended up having to call the front desk to get out get an escort out of the offices and get my ticket stamped. I don't think I have ever experienced this before. I like aspects of Amazon but people should be treated with respect.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain what are some new Alexa Skillsets you would roll out and why.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2017
Interview
Two Phone screens followed by a half day on-site interview. Most questions should have been asked during the first phone screen, not the on-onsite. All of the interviewers appeared to be very stressed and frazzled.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
They asked many behavioral questions, all which were good and well thought out, but repeated unnecessarily in each interview.
Silly, inappropriate technical questions that should have been posed during the the1st phone screen. They wasted my time by bringing me in. Who are these people, don't they prepare at all?