I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Milán) in Sep 2015
Interview
1 telephone interview + 1 at home writing exercise + 2 session of 4 hours on-site interviews.
During on-site 1:1 interviews I met 8 people. Interviews were generally focused on former work experiences including also an excel exercise and a negotiation tests.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly competencies based, they ask about your previous working experiences related to their leadership principles
Interviewed with several rounds of employees
I got asked a case question in every interview
Be sure to know the Amazon leadership principles and know of a situation where you applied them
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Question 1
Case question about launching a new business or product
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2015
Interview
Got an employee referral to the job. Conducted an initial phone screen with a recruiter, then another phone screen with a supervisor in the specific department I was applying to. Following that, I was invited into Amazon for a full day of interviews. Conducted 8 (8!!!) face to face interviews with various members of the department. Everyone was very cordial and open to discussion. I greatly appreciated the transparency and honesty when I asked tough questions about the job and the company. With 8 different people interviewing you, don't expect to nail every single meeting. Some went really well, others just okay. Most interviewers take notes on their laptops, so make sure you can stay on message while someone isn't looking at you and is busy typing. Despite the note taking, most interviews were fairly conversational and behavioral based.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Your standard behavioral question - tell me about a time you failed, when you had to correct a coworker and how you did it, when you had to tell someone a harsh truth, a time you completed a project, etc. All questions are used to test you competency in Amazon's 14 Leadership Principles, so I made sure I had solid examples for each leadership principle and were able to tie my experiences to those principles. Most interviews aren't going to hit it right on the nose - "tell me about a time you demonstrated a bias for action", etc. Instead, they want to hear about your experiences and it's up to you to make sure you explain how the results fit within Amazon's culture.