Amazon Senior Financial Analyst interview questions

The interview process was very efficient. I had applied to Amazon previously and the process has definitely improved since my last few applications. The process started with me applying online. The next day a recruiter reached out to schedule a phone screen. Phone screen was more intense than I expected with behavior based questions being asked right off the bat. I have no problem with this since I already knew the depth and intensity of Amazon interview process. Interview blitz day was six interviews over the course of several hours. A couple of the interviews were two people, one being a shadower. I was asked several behavior-based questions that aligned with Amazons leadership principles. Study the leadership principles, and review your work history and make sure you can come up with clear examples of how your history aligns with Amazons leadership principles. Also, right off the bat it’s very important to have a compelling reason why Amazon. This is the perfect time to highlight your understanding of the customer centered culture and how that resonates with you personally. For your work history and preparation of behavior-based interviewing try to recall metrics or results to tie back to your answers. Be prepared for a follow up questions that require you to go deeper into your experience. If you don’t have an answer for the question immediately take a moment to think before answering. Don’t just BS through the answers. Really think before answering. It’s OK to say just a moment and sit there for a minute until you think of a well-thought-out answer. If you don’t recall a particular piece of detail it’s OK to say that as well. I was told that after the final round of interviews it could take up to five days to get an answer. I received an answer the day after interviewing. Total process took a few weeks.

This was a process that took over 6 weeks. I was reached out by a recruiter for a position that I did not apply for. The recruiter had a questionnaire, shortly after they set up a prep phone screening call which is optional. I then had a phone screening with the hiring manager. The manager only asked me two behavioral questions and was more interested in what my previous role was. I then had a second phone screeing. Which was focused on two behavioral-based interview questions and leadership principles. I then had a group prep video conference call prior to the final round of interviews. The final round of interviews was 5 in one day spread out over 8 hours. Two of the interviews had interview shadowers. I was told that there would be no excel based assessment yet on my second interview the interviewer pulled up a spreadsheet and wanted me to answer questions on it which I was not prepared for since, both prep calls and the recruiter had told me this would not be the case. All of my behavioral-based interview questions were so focused on how I built out spreadsheets from years ago and I did not study or practice for this. I thought all I need to do was explain the process but they wanted me to go in-depth and talk about formulas, which I also had an NDA for. They claim to understand this but it really didn't seem like they did and honestly, I felt like the fact that I wasn't breaking an NDA was held against me. Whether it was or not I'll never know. Personally, no matter how much they pay I would not go through this process again even if I was paid to do so. If you don't get the job you've wasted way too much time. If you are interested in working at Amazon not only should you study behavioral-based interview questions (there are many amazon interview prep sites, you should also read working backward book), the leadership principles, but also study every single one of your previous employer's processes. And do not under any circumstance use an example more than once, they say you can do this but I can tell that they did not like that. They also did not want me to use any examples from my Master's Capstone or Internship and were solely focused on a job I did two years ago.