I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2013
Interview
Submitted resume through internal system. Received email response within a week initiating process. Took online assessment, followed by two phone interviews. First interview was easy - just a resume walk and why amazon question. Second interview was more technical. Had difficulty understanding interviewer due to relatively strong accent, compounded by not so great phone connection. It never felt like we connected... I asked questions to clarify his questions, but it felt like we were talking in circles. I'm confident it would have gone differently if we were face-to-face. Nevertheless, everyone was very nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Discuss metrics for gauging product success. How do you define success. What data do you use to support.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Recruited On-Campus First. Interview was hard. Case-Based and pushed a lot into every characteristic of the case
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Question 1
You go into the elevator and the CEO of a company Amazon wants to work with is there. Give me a 30 second pitch you would give him to get business from them. Second Round was 4, 45 minute interviews with different product managers at amazon. If you do badly in one you are basically done. I think all four of them have to say yes in order for you to get an offer. It's hard. They are very behavioral and ask about negotiations skills, teamwork, you must be metric oriented, etc. It's one of the toughest companies to interview with.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Irvine, CA) in Feb 2014
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me - possibly based on my LinkedIn profile. Talked to me for about 45 mins via phone. Followed by email from recruiting coordinator to setup in person call with hiring manager. I thought the call went fantastic, but got an email saying they are going with other people. And they could not provide more details on why the decision was made due to legal issues.
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Question 1
None really. Several posts on Glassdoor provide the questions - describe most difficult decision, talk about Amazon values, working with teams etc