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Updated Feb 6, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Area Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Feb 6, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
Started my meeting at an info session. Submitted my resume and got an interview. Interview is 1 on 1 and consisted of a day in the life type algebra problem dealing with productivity in a ware house.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Area Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Dec 7, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 2 weeks)
Spoke with Amazon recruiters at a school career fair. Went to a networking event held by Amazon. Signed up for an on-campus interview online. On the day of the interview I received an email from the recruiter at 3 AM asking us to come twenty minutes early and bring a calculator. Amazon did not seem like a company that was on top of things. In the analytical interview the interviewer admit one of the questions was wrong. After the analytical interview I was to conduct a behavioral interview. The interviewer never flew in so it was instead conducted over the phone with a different interviewer. Overall the people were very nice but they did not seem very prepared. Also study the questions that other people have posted about the interview process. They asked a lot of the same questions and same scenarios. The math problem about work flow is word for word what is posted on glassdoor.com.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Area Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Oct 28, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Phoenix, AZ (took 3 weeks)
Applied online on career web site then, I was contact by a recruiter one week later to set up a phone interview which consisted of questions about my resume and some lean management questions. Then, I had a second phone interview with a Sr. Operational Manager that consisted of questions about processes improvement and safety. Now, I'm schedule to have an on site interview.
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Area Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Wilmington, DE (took a day)
They ask a lot of behavioral type questions. In order to be successful you must prepare for the following questions:
1. Define your leadership style
2. What was the most difficult part of your previous job?
3. Explain a time when you had to deal with poor job performance.
4. What did you admirer most about one of your previous supervisors
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Area Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Oct 12, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Columbia, SC (took 3 days)
First there was a phone interview with the recruiter. Then, since they were opening a new plant, they put on a mass interview session at one of the convention centers. The interview consisted of 3 separate interviews. The first two were with a two member panel each and the last one was with a single person. The single person portion was talking him through a math flow problem that you had to solve. Onc e you solved it he then asked you some "what if" questions based on your response.
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Reason for Declining
It seems to me that you would be working nearly constantly especially during the build up to the holidays and it didn't seem worth the money.
Also, because the distro center wasn't open yet I would be training for months out of state.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Area Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Oct 3, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 (took 2 days)
Recruiters responded very quickly, straight forward.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Area Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Sep 27, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Whitestown, IN (took 3 weeks)
Was initially contacted by a recruiter after submitting resume online. It was about a 20 minute screen, she asked the usual screening questions and then asked me to calculate a labor-hour problem. It was very easy, just people x hours x rate.
She said she would set up a phone interview with a local manager. I then received an email from someone else with the phone appointment info. I did not receive the call, so I emailed back to reschedule. It was rescheduled with a different manager 3 days later. That call went fine, the usual behavioral questions as detailed on the other reviews. At the end of the call, he said I could expect a call within 48 hours, letting me know if I would continue in the process. I got the call within 2 hours and an appointment was set for the following week. I was provided a set of four case studies to respond to and be prepared to discuss in the interview.
I was provided an itinerary that proved to be inaccurate when I arrived. My scheduled time was off by an hour, the contact person was different, and the participants in the panels were different. The panels went as I expected, with the math quiz and the usual behavioral questions. My math problem was identical to one provided on this site. There was only one question related to my answers to the case studies.
About 4 days after the interview, they called and said they were going with a different applicant. Lessons learned: don't get rattled if things don't go exactly as laid out. The math is easy if you have done any kind of work planning or forecasting before. Be prepared for STAR answers to behavioral questions. Be patient.
Good luck, everyone. I hope you all find the right opportunity soon.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Area Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Sep 22, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in New Castle, DE (took a day)
They interview you with two different people back to back. One person is very friendly and asks fun questions and the other person asks more technical questions and occasionally, asks a math question if you are a supply chain major.
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Negotiation Details
Their offer is a concrete amount.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Area Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Sep 21, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in West Columbia, SC (took a day)
The first two interviews consisted of a math assessment and situational interview. Eveything went well until I ran in to a interviwer who had something to prove; he asked me about irrelevant subject matter and insulted me because I disagreed with his philosophy so he said that my laid back demeanor would be my demise if I were out on the floor I would be eaten alive...
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Area Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Sep 13, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took a day)
After a great delay in having the interview take place (Amazon apparently didn't schedule my interview correctly and it was delayed over a month past the initial set date), I received a phone call shortly before my scheduled time. The interview was fairly simple, just general questions about my previous expereiences and how I have learned from them. I was asked for specific examples of metric success, so keep that in mind when you have yours. After a few questions, I asked a couple of questions and then that was it, entire call took about twenty minutes. Hung up thinking I did pretty well and I got an email a few days later saying they weren't going to move forward with me. Oh well.
I spoke with a regional manager in the Southern PA area, he didn't seem too interested in the interview in my mind and he did not speak super professional either. I didn't particularly think he was very suited to be asking me questions when he said uh and um in asking his questions that were right in front of him.
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