I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2012
Interview
After 2 phone interviews fairly quickly, I was invited to fly to Seattle to interview onsite for the better part of a day. They paid airfare and lodging, very accommodating with recruiting coordinator. Onsite interview was 6 hours, through lunch, with 8 different Recruiter/HR folks, mostly one-on-one. Final person was the overal director.
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No real off-the-wall questions. Maybe an overload of behavioral questions like "Tell me a time you went against your own personal standards to get something done" or "When did you receive unfair feedback on your performance and what did you do about it?"
4 rounds of interviews that can be split into two days or one consisting of Amazon LP’s and behavioral questions. Star format is huge and don’t repeat example or answers
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Tell me about a tell you created a niche sourcing strategy to fill a role
Straight to the point. Interviewer has been with Amazon for quite sometime. It baffles me how some Recruiters get jobs at these companies. As a recruiter I could tell right off the bat the interview would end poorly based off the Recruiters tone when he joined.
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If you sourced 100 candidates and only 2 responded but they were middle of the pack what would you do
Standard process, 5 rounds in total for onsite. Can ask to spread it into 2 days. Make sure you prepare solid bq stories and you will be fine. Make sure you prep some questions to ask as well.
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Standard bq questions and some basic technical questions.
