I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Madrid) in Oct 2020
Interview
Primero hice un test online de matemáticas bastante asequible (intervalos, estadísticas...nada muy complicado)
A continuación tuve una entrevista con una persona del mismo puesto al que estaba aplicando. Y la siguiente entrevista con un Category Manager (el que sería mi jefe y que en amazon tiene unos 200 managers a su cargo. En este puesto hacen unas 3 entrevistas a la semana así que tiene bastante claro lo que quiere)
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Question 1
-Un proyeto en que tomases una decisión que a corto plazo no era muy buena pero a largo sí.
-Una situación en que tuvieras que contradecir a tu jefe.
-Una situación en que aplicases una métrica nueva que no se utilizase antes.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Londres, Inglaterra) in Sep 2020
Interview
UK London application, emailed me within a week, whole process was 5 weeks.
1) First round: 2 phone interviews, super nice and told me what leadership principles they were asking. 2 leadership principles each x 2-3 questions on each.
2) Second round (would of been an assessment day): 3 video interviews back to back with a SVM, a product manager and who would be by both
(I told them I was limited on time, and got them to split it over 2 days. I needed this as I found it very tiring doing even 3 interviews in day! eg said I could only do 10- 3)
Second day: Had 3 interviews, 45 mins each, repeat your CV for the millionth time for 10 mins, each asked 3 questions about 2 leadership points. 1 x SVM 1X SPM 1x 'roof raiser' which was obvious as she worked in logistics which was nothing to do with my role.
3) Second day of assessment day. 2 interviews, 1x SVM and 1X head of vendor manager.
The SVM role is EXTREMELY data driven these days, I realised in my last 2 interviews it wasn't for me as that's all they wanted. The role is mainly for data and financial analysts, not buying/ merch people. HR actually said to me after the final round how SVM's selected are either financial planners or from a data analyst roles in big finance companies... not from retail. So just to consider this, I would of been so bored in this job coming from buying..
Salary is max 68k plus tonnes of bonus/ share benefits
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Question 1
I wrote down every single thing I was asked after each call.. I hope this helps someone:
First call:
1) A time you failed on something? How did I get them to be ok with this? What was the reception? What would I do differently?
2) When I changed a process or had a new idea? How did I get them onboard? How did they react to this idea?
3) How have I convinced a team member of my ideas? What were their concerns? How did I convince them?
4) Something halfway through I saw there was a bigger opportunity than planned?
Second Call:
5) When I overachieved on something? What were the 3 obstacles? How did I convince them?
6) When I dived deep into data to find and answer? What was I trying to find?
Assessment day on video, 1st:
7) Done something to a tight deadline? What decided the change? What would I do differently? How did I get people to do this task? What was the conversation like? How did it all fit together?
8) When I overcame an obstacle? What was the start of the issue? How did I find the issue? Talk me through how you used data to find this?
9) When I did a task I didn't think I could achieve? How did I make it happen?
2nd (Head of SVM, the boss)
10) When I used data to find and fix a problem (some questions are repeated)
11) When I had a complex problem with a big amount of detail to consider? How and where did I find these points?
12) A time when I created a metric? (at this point I realised I didnt want the job!) How did I create it? How did it change the before and after in working?
3rd (Roof Raiser!)
13) A time when a customer was difficult? How did I discover this problem?
14) When I did something that was outside of my remit? How did I get others to get involved?
4th:
15) When your manager asked you to do something you disagreed with? How did you deal with it? What was your approach? What was the result?
16) A time when you wanted to do something but your manager didn't agree? How did you get them onboard? How did I approach it? Did it benefit anyone else?
5th:
17) A new idea to improve productivity and morale on my team? How did it help and what was the result?
18) When I implemented a new process to make it easier for the customer to shop? How did the success get measured? Outside of sales, what else made it successful? How did I get everyone to try it? What would I of done differently?
19) When I thought differently and out of the box and it wasn't agreed with? How did I measure the success of it? How did I save the business money? What were the main challenges?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2019
Interview
I interviewed with the Hardlines business, Furniture team. My first round interview was an audio call with a Sr. Supply Chain Manager (stakeholder). I wasn't moved on to the next round interview after this. Amazon's interview style was to probe deep into your answer and ask follow up questions such as: Why did you or didn't you do XYZ? How did you evaluate the result? How did you know you were supposed to take this action? How did you identify this was a problem? Like most people have mentioned: be familiar with your stories, be clear about your logics, and delver well-structured stories.
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Question 1
Give an example when I failed/made mistakes. Why Amazon? Why Vendor Manager?