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Updated Jan 29, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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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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Product Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Dec 14, 2011 — 0 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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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took a day)
organization and planning of the interview, number and type of interviews, and any advice you might offer to other interview candidates. Bonus points for your perceptions of the people, office, and work culture.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Product Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Oct 20, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 2 days)
Felt rushed during phone interview and that the interviewer was not paying attention to all given answers.
As opposed to a conversation which flowed naturally, it felt confrontational and was a negative experience.
If my resume was good enough to get to the hiring manager, questions of competencies should not have been a major issue.
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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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Product Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Oct 18, 2011
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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 Feb 2011 (took a day)
Very specific questions on how you will improve Amazon, the expectation is you will dig deep.
The process varies a lot from interviewer to interviewer - some were less likely to probe deep into your thinking and would just want to understand your thinking process.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Product Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Jun 20, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2009 (took a day)
Some of the interviewers tested your background by asking questions from your resume. Some interviewers tested core Amazon principles such as ownership, think big, insist on high standards, have a backbone, dealing with ambiguity, customer obsession, strong analytics.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Product Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Apr 22, 2011
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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 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 2 weeks)
Had two phone interviews with people in different functions from the position I was interviewing for. Both interviews were scheduled within 2 weeks of initially being asked to interview. Both interviewers were pretty casual but not particularly warm or energetic. Interview was pretty much 50% business case and 50% bahavioral questions. Interviewers spent time discussing the type of person that does well in the Amazon culture: self-starter, able to work in an unstructured environment, willing to take initiative even if it is not part of your job. Since all training is on the job, you have to be able to boot strap yourself pretty quickly.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Product Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Mar 28, 2011 — 3 of 3 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 3 weeks)
I got a pre-screening face-to-face interview through an employee referral. I met the recruiting manager for the position for coffee and then I got a phone interview.
The phone conversation went well- I got mainly behavioural questions during the phone interview. ( walk me through your resume/ main strength/main accomplishment up-to-date). Amazon is very analytical so the interviewer spent a lot of time asking me questions pertaining to a specific analytical project I worked on.
One week after the phone interview - I was invited for the final round of interviews. I spent a day at Amazon premises meeting and talking to 7 people. ( a few people from the divison I applied for, Hr people, people from other Amazon divisions). I got a mix of behavioural and case questions.
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Negotiation Details
Yes. They are open to negotiate- if you are bringing forward the right arguments.
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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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Product Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Apr 4, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
Their HR/Recruiting was definitely more on-the-ball than most after I had been identified for an interview. The interview itself was two 30-minute one-on-ones with people in a similar position at Amazon. I had been warned that the interviews were tough, but even then they exceeded my expectations. Both interviewers used multiple tiers of drilling questions to see if I really knew the stuff inside and out. There were almost no behavioral questions, and we only cursorily went through my resume. Most questions were hard "what would you do if you were in charge of x?"
One of the interviewers was personable and nice, while the other seemed to have a chip on his/her shoulder. He/she made sure to mention where she had gone to school and how many people she was in charge of.
The kool-aid is definitely strong at Amazon, and they're looking for people who will fit in without too much trouble. At the end of the interview, I knew that I had bombed it, but at the same time, I was decreasingly interested in the job. I think those who would gel with Amazon's culture will do fine, and for the rest of us it will be obvious to both parties that it's not a good fit.
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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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Product Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 20, 2011 — 0 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 Dec 2010 (took 4 months)
I received an email from the recruiter 3 months after applying online and was set up for a intial phone interview which consists mostly of mini cases, nothing like consulting though but they do check your thought process. Immediately after this I was set up for 2nd phone interview of similar format. They don't talk much about behavorial or background.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Product Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Dec 7, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Sep 2010 in Seattle, WA (took 3 weeks)
I applied online and was contacted by a friendly HR person in about a week and a half via email. I had an initial phone interview that was a disaster. I actually finished the interview not really wanting the position. The interviewer was combative, aggressive and not pleasant. As week later I was contacted by the friendly HR person again for a second phone interview. She was so nice that I decided to try again. My second phone interview was the polar opposite of the first. The interviewer was wonderful. He asked probing insightful questions. Don't get me wrong, the interview wasn't easy but it wasn't difficult just to be difficult.
Then two weeks past and I was invited out to Seattle to interview. I went through a 5.5 hour interview with 6 separate people. It was intense! I had a terrific headache by the end but was also excited about the challenge and the team.
One and a half weeks later I received an offer in my inbox.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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