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Business Development Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 9, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 2 months)
5 phone interviews later and I am still interviewing. Last interview was last week and now waiting to hear next steps. My experience has been nothing but professional. It has gone on so long due to them switching the job they wanted me to interview for as well as the holidays. Each person has called when they said and the recruiters have been professional and had good follow up. The questions have been challenging and very performance specific. For example, what would you do given this situation or this one. The project was difficult and really showed your thought process. I am impressed with the people and my experience interviewing.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Presentation.
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Business Development Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Dec 29, 2011
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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 Aug 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 1 week)
3 phone screens but no face-to-face interview. Amazon HR is very responsive. There just wasn't a fit.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Business Development Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 4 weeks)
I saw this position on my alma's job board. It was interesting as it advertized working with VCs in a fast growing field.
So I sent an email to a fellow alumni and he though that I'd fit well (I did so too, at the time). Then 2 potential peers phoned me, 1 hour each and afteward they invited me to Seattle. The interview process is tedious as they make you talk to a bunch of people (7 in my case), not really tough, just tedious. They ask typical behavioural questions, "tell me an example when you had challange and how you solved it etc etc" ... The position wasn't really a step up for me, still, I felt it had potential so I went for it. Well, after 10 days I get this super generic "no thanks" email, laced with grammar mistakes. I felt it wasn't really cool way to end it . C'mon, grow a pair. They should have courtesy to make a phonecall, I took a day off and dragged accross the country to meet them.
I would think twice before dealing with them again as they do not seem to worry about wasting peoples time much.
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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 Group/Panel Interview.
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Business Development Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Nov 21, 2011
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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 Sep 2011 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
After numerous e-mails with a recruiter, a questionnaire, I finally had my first phone interview. This went ok but it was followed up by 2 more phone interviews before I was brought in for an in-person interview. The interview was with a wide range of people, some of which I would have had no interaction with on a day-to-day basis (some even from different groups). At the end of the day I thought everything went well. The only concern is salary, they say Amazon salaries are capped at $160 - such a bummer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Business Development Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Dec 9, 2010
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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 2010 (took 3 weeks)
Applied online and was contacted weeks later by a recruiter to set up a phone interview. Interview with the recruiter lasted about 45" and got fairly detailed after the initial pleasantries. Two days later I was contacted to have another phone call with someone in the group. Amazon's phone interview policy is to capture everything during the call so for much of both interviews, the Amazon person was trying to both listen and type as fast as possible. At the end of the second call I was left with the sense that I had never been able to connect with the interviewer because the person was not really listening, just typing. Frustrating, but I'll continue to apply there. I've done my research and understand that while it's a humongous company, they've really got a culture of entrepreneurialism.
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Business Development Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Oct 6, 2010 — 2 of 4 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 Oct 2010 in Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (took a day)
first 15 min the hiring manager was talking about the company and his specific role. after he asked me to talk about myself and why i wanted to apply for this position. he asked me more specific information about my previous job and some question concerning reached goals, a case of failure and what i learned from it.
at the end he asked me if i had any questions for him
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Business Development Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Aug 11, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 (took a day)
A jumbled mess. Amazon treats recruiting like a tax. The recruiter was disorganized and when told I wasn't getting an offer he (1) did not remeber my name and expressed he may have confused me with someone else when telling me the results and (2) expressed it as a positive by telling me I was 'off the hook' for that role. Last, they offer no feedback so it is impossible to know why they don't make an offer. I suspect I was overqualified for the role but cannot be sure which is incredibly frustrating.
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Business Development Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Apr 21, 2010
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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 Dec 2009 in Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (United Kingdom) (took 1+ week)
I got this through an alumni contact from business school. There was a screening interview followed by 4 interviews by co-workers. At the end of it they rejected - they apparently got some one better.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Business Development Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 13, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Jan 2010 in Seattle, WA (took 2 weeks)
I've had two phone interviews so far. The first was for a position I had not applied for (I applied for something else a while back and my resume must have been on file). The interviewer was quite brusque and didn't seem to "get" how much experience I had in that specific area. Once he figured it out, it was clear I was overqualified for the position. The next day I got a call from HR for another position. I had a great second phone interview. She was smart and personable and we had a high-quality conversation talking about business issues around the position. I've been contacted for one more phone interview, which I haven't had yet.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Business Development Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Apr 2, 2009 — 5 of 5 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2007 in Seattle, WA (took 2 weeks)
1 phone interview and then you come in to do what basically consists of five 45 minute interviews back to back. 4 of them are pretty standard interview questions (weaknesses, strengths, success in the past,...etc) and the other interview is by 1 or 2 team members who are checking to see if you make a good fit for the work culture. If one person votes against you, then you will not get the job. It is like rushing a fraternity or sorority in a way. You could be completely qualified, but if a couple people don't think you are cool or could be annoying, you will not get the job. That is what prevents most people from getting this position. A monkey could do this job if he was motivated enough.
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There is no negotiation available. Take it or leave it. This is an entry level position for the company.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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