I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Chicago, IL) in Aug 2023
Interview
Amazon gives you plenty of info to prep for your interview. If you take it seriously and you make sure to have specific examples for all of their behavioral questions you should do fine and if you truly are a qualified candidate you should get an offer. That being said, you can be interviewed by 5-6 different people over the course of 5-6 hours who each ask 3-4 questions. Having up to 24 specific examples to tell a detailed story about with quantifiable results that you can tie back to Amazons leadership principles is A LOT to prep for. If you REALLY want to work for Amazon come to the interview over prepared: Study STAR method and have specific STAR answers prepared in advance for as many potential STAR questions that you can think of/research/find examples for). Also know the Amazon Leadership Principles and make sure you can identify which principle the question you are being asked can be tied back to. So that in your answer you can stress how your actions and quantifiable results tie back to that leadership principle. If you are not sure if you want to work for Amazon, I would recommend don’t go through with the interview process. It’s a lot of time to invest in something that you’re not even sure you want. And if you don’t spend the time preparing it will show and you won’t get the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you helped a customer uncover a need that they didn’t know they had and you presented a solution to them for that need and what resulted from this?
Initial online screening test followed by 1 phone interview (only the name is phone interview, it as on Zoom with the camera on). If you pass the phone interview, there are 5 following interviews in the loop.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you give me an example of a time you disagreed with your manager
Leadership principles with examples that can be prepared beforehand in full, each loop goes through some leadership principles with deep diving questions to drill to the bottom root. Same process throughout the whole cycle
Online assessment, first interview, loop interview
All about behavioral questions, such as:
Describe a time when you had to make decision without clear data
Tell me about a time when you thought differently to improve a process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to make decision without clear data
