I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2012
Interview
Within a few days of the initial email contact, I had my first phone interview scheduled and completed. I then moved on to a second phone interview for a different role and then within two days had my onsite interview booked. It was a fairly short interview, I only met with three people however enjoyed my chat with each of them. I would have preferred a bit longer for the interviews so that I had enough time to ask all of the questions I wanted to ask. Within two days of the interview I had an offer, so overall I was pleased with the entire timeline.
The only complaint I have is that the agency did not give me proper instructions on where to go the day of the interview and at the end of the interview the last interviewer didn't know what to do.
Interview questions [1]
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There weren't any unexpected interview questions, nearly each interviewer had similar questions and there were no odd questions.
4 rounds of interviews that can be split into two days or one consisting of Amazon LP’s and behavioral questions. Star format is huge and don’t repeat example or answers
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Tell me about a tell you created a niche sourcing strategy to fill a role
Straight to the point. Interviewer has been with Amazon for quite sometime. It baffles me how some Recruiters get jobs at these companies. As a recruiter I could tell right off the bat the interview would end poorly based off the Recruiters tone when he joined.
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If you sourced 100 candidates and only 2 responded but they were middle of the pack what would you do
Standard process, 5 rounds in total for onsite. Can ask to spread it into 2 days. Make sure you prepare solid bq stories and you will be fine. Make sure you prep some questions to ask as well.
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Question 1
Standard bq questions and some basic technical questions.
