I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (München, Bavaria) in Sep 2017
Interview
- One phone call with HR
- One phone call with a person from the team
- Four interviews at Amazon (three with people from the team and one outside the team)
Once you get invited to the process they send you some guidelines explaining the interviews are competency based to check whether you match with the Amazon Principles (which they attach to the email, so it is not a surprise).
All the interviewers were really nice and friendly, very "american". I did not really know if I was doing a good interview or not, as there is no correct answer.
I would recommend to read several times the Amazon principles and think about situations of your previous work/academic life that reflect you share them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- What would you improve about Amazon?
- Situation in which you changed somebody's mind (a colleague)
- Time in which you not only matched expectations but exceeded them
- Time you convinced your superior to change his or her mind
- Best e-commerce experience
- Would you change anything about today?
- What do you do to focus on a task?
Etc. Mostly competency based questions followed by more questions such as "what was the outcome?", "how did you tell him/her?", "what did you learn from it?", "how did you reach that conclusion?" ...
Also two small cases related to the job, which I had to "solve" together with the interviewer, brainstorming.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (München, Bavaria) in Oct 2017
Interview
Der gesamte Ablauf der Bewerbungsphase war transparent und klar strukturiert. Man bekam immer schnelle Antworten per Emails und die nächsten Termine wurden möglichst zeitnah gelegt. Die beiden Telefoninterviews waren abwechslungsreich und interessant, auf den Onlinetest kann man sich sehr gut vorbereiten und auch die Interviews vor Ort waren alle sehr sympatisch und gut strukturiert. Vom Bewerbungsprozess bei Amazon können sich die meisten Firmen eine dicke Scheibe abschneiden!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Alle Fragen, die gestellt wurden, ließen sich über gutes Wissen zu den Leadership Principles in Kombination mit eigenen Erfahrungen, beantworten.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Londres, Inglaterra) in Sep 2017
Interview
First stage of the application process was a Kenexa mathematical reasoning test, after which I was invited for two telephone interviews. Both interviews are competency based, keep in mind the Amazon Principles. Once you answer a question, they will ask 2-3 follow-up questions and dig deep into what you learned from that situation, or what happened afterwards, how other people reacted etc. so be prepared to know the situation in detail. The interviewers were both very friendly. I thought I did well, but they said at this stage their policy is to not offer any feedback, which is understandable given that they probably have a very large volume of applications. In hindsight my advice would be to practice your answer over and over and even think of any questions that could be asked about your answers that may catch you off-guard. I wouldn't say the interview is very difficult, but I would definitely recommend really thorough preparation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your current role
Why Amazon?
Why did you apply for the Vendor Manager Role?
Tell me about a time you over promised to a customer even if you knew you could not deliver?
Tell me about a time you were given feedback on a critical task.