I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Naples, FL) in Aug 2016
Interview
Initial phone interview with HR, asking if serious about the position and would I move etc. Next I moved on to a phone interview with the hiring manager. Spent over an hour on the phone with the hiring manager, he thought we had only scheduled for 1/2 hour but then was pleased to know we had the hour. It was difficult to answer the questions and convey the complicated business strategies from my prior company and apply them to Amazon. Take time to think through the answers and unravel you old company speak. keep it simple.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had a few months to finish a project and then the timeline changed and you only had a matter of days... what did you do?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Londra, Inghilterra) in Oct 2016
Interview
Very difficult and challenging telephone interview. Everything you say is open to being challenged and they take very little at face value. If you get through that you move on to 5-6 face to face interviews similar to the telephone. I found this easier than the telephone but nothing is given away. Everyone will be writing notes and if you aren't clear about something they will make it known. Any situations you give them must be crystal clear, they leave nothing for interpretation. Make sure you have plenty of good examples for 'bias for action'
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an example of something which you did at risk?
...give me another example...and another.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2016
Interview
The set up of the phone interview as very straight forward. Interview was over phone, the hiring manager was late to the call and did not have his laptop ready (he just returned from 3 weeks of paternity leave and had full day of back to back interviews).
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
- What is the difference between management and leadership?