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Updated Feb 10, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Buyer at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 4 weeks)
Had a great experience with the process. My hr recruiter was prompt, organized, and pleasant. The hiring manager was friendly and level set expectations. Two phone interviews were completed within a week. Heard back that I was flying to Seattle days after second interview. Interviewers were professional but relaxed. No one wears a suit, not even candidates. Had 5 interviews in one day while in Seattle. Hr person told me I would hear back in a week and I did.
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Negotiation Details
I would always recommend trying to negotiate with an employer. This was no different. Salary, bonus, relocation were all on the table to negotiate. Know what you want and be candid up front while keeping the framework of what you will add for the company.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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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 (took 3 weeks)
2 round phone interviews and 1 onsite interview (including 5 1:1 interviews). The interviews mainly covers data structures and coding skills.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Development Engineer at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 29, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Cambridge, MA (took a day)
They were building a new site in Cambridge so they had the interview in Boston at a hotel. I waited in the lobby for the interviewers, who arrived in an elevator and then took you to be interviewed. Others also waited in the lobby to be interviewed. I was told there would be either 2 or 4 1:1 interviews, each about an hour.
The interview itself was primarily what my experience was, followed by questions about things I had done, followed by coding problems. Then I was asked if I had any questions for them.
I was already happily employed and would not have looked forward to driving to Cambridge. That day it took me 1.5 hours to arrive. Also I had read about carrying a pager here on glassdoor.com, and asked the interviewers about that. One said you carry it for a week every month; the next said you carry it for a week every 2 months.
I was told at the end of my 2nd interview that there would be just 2 interviews that day. I responded, "That must be a bad sign" with the response that it probably wasn't a good sign. Sure enough I did not get the job.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Product Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 29, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took 2 days)
Great process. Register on the website and also post a one page write-up. Be sure to fulfill the other requirements on NDA and some other paperwork.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Kindle Fire at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 29, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 2+ weeks)
Got contacted via Linked In. I sent them my resume and because I live in Portland OR, they didn't need to do a phone interview and I was directly set for an on campus interview. They arranged flight and accommodation. They reimbursed me for costs I incurred during the two days I was in Seattle. It took about a week and a half.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Product Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 24, 2012 — 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 Aug 2011 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
Employee referred resume to HR person. HR person emailed to schedule phone interview with member of team. Interviewer called on scheduled day/time for 45min phone interview.
Tips: Amazon wants to see your customer-centric approach to everything - whether pricing or product feature decision-making. They also want to see proactive, initiative-taking, entrepreneurial approach. You have to sound smart, upbeat, and cool. Sense of humor, positive attitude are a must.
People are very smart, friendly, and want you to succeed in interviews because they really want good people. Interviewers are prepared with questions that find out about you and ask intelligent and questions that are appropriately challenging for the position, and don't ask gotcha questions.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Development Engineer at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Hyderabad (India) (took 1 week)
I got shortlisted for interview via university placement programme. I was called to their office for interviews. I had 4 rounds of an hour each. All rounds focused on skills like Problem Solving, Coding, Data Structures and Algorithms. There were some puzzles in one of the rounds. One thing i want to highlight about coding is they take it seriously. You need to avoid any logical error with even the minutest of edge case and the code needs to be what they call "production ready".
The questions were pretty standard and a quick google search would tell you most of them.
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Negotiation Details
No. Since this was an offer via campus placement, there was no negotiations.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Database Administrator at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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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 2012 (took a day)
I didn't apply to amazon, but the internal recruiter contacted me. There was a phone interview with hiring manager and then follow up phone screen with another engineer. Next step was on site interview at seattle.
The recruiter booked airplane ticket and hotel for me, to visit seattle the following week. Flight to seattle was full, but the hotel in downtown seattle was roomy and nice. Only problem was this fancy hotel charged extra for internet access. But I had my cellular internet, so it was not an issue. I didn't prepare for the interview (other than reading glassdoor commentaries regarding amazon interview process), and got good night s sleep. Since interview was 10:30am, I had plenty of time to get ready in the morning and walk to amazon campus which was close to downtown seattle.
Initial impression of the campus was that it was just set of generic looking office buildings. Once inside, receptionist asked me to wait for the first interviewer from HR. The person from HR directed me to a small conference room where I would have all my interiews. The interior of building is nothing fancy, unlike say some other big name companies. HR person just explained the interview process, and he also gave me tips about what's expected from interviews.
Based on what I read about interview process here, I thought there would be some brain teaser questions or behavioral questions, but there were none. Each interview was just straight forward subject matter questions to test competence of the candidate. For example, one of the question was how would I design schema to store data regarding books and customers so that related books can be suggested to customers. I thought all the interviewrs were very professional and didn't try to pressure me regarding the topics being asked. During the lunch, the hiring manager walked me to cafeteria and we had lunch discussing more about his department and what he expected from the person he was hiring. When the interviews were over, I was directed to outside and I walked to downtown seattle where I caught light rail to the airport. Overall, interview process was pleasant and there was no non-sense questions or interview tactics from interviewers. I would recommend candidates to just know their subject material very well for the interviews.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Intern at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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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 Dec 2011 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
Questions asked:
Why Amazon?
What is the difference between a List and an Array?
What is a class?
What is a hashtable? How to implement?
Design an algorithm to find common subsequence between two strings.
The interviewer was nice and interview experience was generally not bad. I was not so well prepared. Might apply for amazom program next year when I graduate.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Human Resources Assistant at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 3 days)
First was a quick phone screen with one easy level interview question with the recruiter. Second, was a longer phone screen with an HR rep. Lastly was an interview on site with a tour.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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