Manager - Operations applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Manager - Operations roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 42 days.
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2017
Interview
Long and strange. I interviewed with 3 other candidates. One was 30 mins late, one brought his phone on the tour because it kept going off even though phones were prohibited. Started with a tour of a fulfilment center but not the one I was interviewing for. I got done with the math test portion within 5 mins. The other candidates took the full 15 but they also got the wrong answers because I sat there and watched them struggle. The answers were gone over during one of 4 35 minute interviews. They asked the typical interview questions and nothing surprised me. Would not work for them. Seems like they want people who are dumb enough to work lots of hours for little money and not complain. They promote things that don't matter like a casual dress code and free pizza during the busy season. Seems inconsequential when you're in a warehouse 13 hours a day. No vetting process on the entry level employees, they do large training classes and pray for low attrition rates.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Hamburg) in May 2017
Interview
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I was contacted through linkdIn to consider applying for the position.
After the first phone interview, I was scheduled for the virtual panel. 2 back to back interviews
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First phone interview asked questions like
1. Why Amazon
2. Why operations
3. Tell me a time when you showed bias for action e.t.c
Virtual panel interview
1. Asked me to tell about a time that I dived into data
2. The second question talked about Bias for action
The second interview discussed the role in more detail and asked me what I thought the role entailed. I had to describe my future activity on day to day basis.
I think my performance in this interview was fairly good. Unfortunately, I have been rejected from proceeding. Too bad I did not learn anything from this process and about how to improve in future.
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2017
Interview
Overall seemed slower than I've read about in other reviews. A few days from submission to first email contact. Couple more days until first screening phone call. 2-3 weeks after that before the phone interview. Another month or so until in person interviews at a fulfillment center. Amazon recruiter was always quick to reply if I had a question or requested an update. All in all the whole process was straight forward and as explained. Amazon takes good care of you when they fly you out for an interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All "Tell me a time when..." questions you can find over and over on Glassdoor. They were never exact but if you actually take the time to prepare, hopefully you have real examples/ experiences, you should be able to adapt to answer the similar questions.