I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2011
Interview
The HR sent me an email regarding the position and was requested to apply online again.
Then they set up a phone interview back to back on the same day for 45 mins. The response after the interview was prompt. Some one got back to me in 3-5 business days. The interviewers try to make you defend your position. I didn't like the tone of the first interviewer, thought he was a snob.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
- You are a product, how do you market yourself?
- Was asked about a online bad experience and was asked how to remedy it
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2011
Interview
I declined to continue the process after the first interview because the hiring manager was so abrasive and belligerent on the first interview that I knew it wasn't for me. I'm still pursuing other opportunities with Amazon and hopefully the qualities of my first interviewer aren't endemic. I think the company is great but I'd be concerned if there are many more individuals like the one I spoke with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What strategy could Amazon use to increase revenue from sales on the Amazon.com site?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2011
Interview
There were 2 phone interviews (one behavioral and one market selection case). HR seemed overworked with most emails going unanswered when you try to contact them prior to your interviews. As one other interviewee had indicated, the scheduling of the flights happened at the very last moment with no communication in-between leaving you clueless on if you will make it to Seattle that day or not. On site interviews were similar in nature to the phone interviews. The questions were very similar to what is already posted here (how would you go about bringing this product to market, how would you price this product etc). Nothing too difficult if you had prepared for case/behavioral questions. All interviewers except one were very friendly and the interviews were conducted very professionally. You are given sufficient time to ask any questions during each interview and all the folks seemed genuine in their replies. However, based on what I saw on interview day (and based on the number of people I ran into at the hotel), Amazon seems to interview an abnormally high number of folks on-site (even from top 5 b schools) for the product manager position and ding a lot of them. That seemed to indicate a total lack of respect for time for all involved.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you go about selecting a target market to launch this particular product