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Updated Apr 24, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Amazon.com
Posted Apr 24, 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 Feb 2012 in Seattle, WA (took 6 weeks)
Lengthy and tiring
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Amazon.com
Posted Feb 14, 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 (took a day)
Questions about the Earnings Results / new products / fit questions
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Amazon.com
Posted Sep 26, 2011 — 0 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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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 3 days)
Initially had 2 phone interviews. Then Amazon flew me to Seattle for onsite interviews. Interviewed 8 people, the most difficult one was the hiring manager.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Amazon.com
Posted Sep 7, 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 Aug 2011 in Allentown, PA (took 1+ week)
When I applied online, they had about an hour of personality and critical thinking tests. Weeks after that, I finally got an email from HR about doing a phone interview with a current Senior Financial Analyst at Amazon.com. After that interview, they scheduled another phone interview for the next day... And then another phone interview the day after that.
After the third phone interview, they decided to fly me out to one of the fulfillment centers. There, I had multiple interviews with different "Amazonians" from different areas. Each one focused on a few of the Amazon core values, with targeted questions to check my "fit". Finally, there was a tour of the fulfillment center with a couple of Financial Analysts who were constantly asking me "What do you notice?" and "Do you have any questions?". Basically, testing to see if I had that natural curiosity.
In the end, I didn't fit with the position (although I thought that should have been figured out through the three phone interviews), and I got the rejection email a few hours after the interview.
Hard to give a "Positive" interview experience when they didn't give you an offer, but they weren't crazy interviewers or anything.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Amazon.com
Posted Aug 20, 2011
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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 Sep 2009 in Bellevue, WA (took 2 weeks)
I was contacted by HR recruiter after having submitted my resume through my inside contact at Amazon.
The recruiter called to set me up for a 30 minute interview with the hiring manager in the following week.
The phone interview started without any preemble of position descrition and company. The interviewer jumped right into some case analysis question and asked how I would approach gathering necessary data to prepare the case analysis. The interviewer seemed very disingaged, and there was loud background noise as if he was conducting the interview in a cafeteria. All in all, I was disappointed about the experience and the recruiting process went cold form there on.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Amazon.com
Posted Jun 11, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 3 weeks)
1) 40 minute phone screen by hiring manager (senior manager level)
2) 30 minute phone screen by another senior manager in the organization
3) 5 hours of on site interviews, 30 minutes with a director, 30 minutes with a senior manager, 30 minutes with another senior manager, a lunch interview with the hiring manager, and two more 30 minute interviews with managers. There was a 30 minute break due to last minute scheduling adjustments. I was scheduled to meet with dept VP but that did not happen.
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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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Senior Financial Analyst at Amazon.com
Posted Mar 20, 2011 — 3 of 3 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2010 in Seattle, WA (took 1 week)
In the final round of the interview, I went to their corporate office in Seattle, 4 guys from the finance area interviewed me back-to-back. Each interview only lasted for about 45 minutes.
The questions were generally typical behavioral questions and one or two real problem solving discussions with the interviewer. I think this was to see the candidate's thought process. I don't think there was a right answer for these kinds of questions.
Get prepared for wide range of questions not specifically related to finance. Think of this position as general management position with very strong analytics.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Amazon.com
Posted Nov 7, 2010 — 3 of 3 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2010 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
Got the interview through on campus recruiting. First round was two 30 minute 1:1 interviews. First interviewer was friendly and mainly asked behavioral questions. Particularly "Why Amazon". Second interviewer asked mostly case questions and asked for specific details about my background. The second interviewer pushed me to see if I had backbone and would defend my answers. Frequently tried to make me second guess my answers asking "are you sure?" or "is there anything else you would consider?"
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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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Senior Financial Analyst at Amazon.com
Posted Aug 3, 2010 — 4 of 4 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Indianapolis, IN (took a day)
The recruiter called me to set up the phone interview and attached the job description in her email confirming the time. I spoke to the controller of the fulfillment center for the interview. He asked about my background, ways I had displayed leadership and led a project, he also asked about a situation where I had developed a report or analysis and management had problems accepting the results of the report, what did I do in that situation. The interview was fast, he didn't seem in any rush to get a person in the position. If you get an interview for the position maybe talk about kentucky basketball or ncaa basketball.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Amazon.com
Posted Jun 11, 2010 — 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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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
The HR recruiter scheduled me for a phone interview with the hiring manager (also did not provide me the correct name for the hiring manager) and did not do a phone screening first. It lasted approximately 40 minutes and the hiring manager was 7 minutes late in calling.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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