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Updated Jan 10, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Jan 10, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 3 days)
They found my resume online and I quickly got back to them to set up the interview. I had an hour-long phone interview with the hiring manager. It was a pretty easy interview and I thought I did well but who knows? I was sent an e-mail a couple of days later and was asked to fill out an application which I did. A couple of weeks later I received a "thanks but no thanks" e-mail - no idea what happened! I've heard their policy is not to give any feedback though.
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Senior Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Oct 21, 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 Aug 2011 (took 3 weeks)
Had two phone interviews - behavioral, mini case, all went pretty well and after the 2nd phone interview the interviewer mentioned on site..... but after a few days got rejection email... not happy at all! They need to be more honesty to candidate....
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Senior Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Aug 22, 2011
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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 Jun 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 4 weeks)
2 interviews by phone and 1 days on-site interview. Overall no tricky questions outside of one interview with a C-level person, which was specifically designed to destabilize you (fast firing of questions, almost leaving no time for answer) and looking for your weaknesses. Only one comment: Prepare your answers to the question: "Tell me about your failures". This will be asked over and over again.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Jul 28, 2011
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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 Jun 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 1+ week)
Impressed that they contact you fairly immediately after your submission of the resume. HR was pleasant but didn't have alot of information. You only get the first name of the person that is interviewing you.
Interviewer: Not alot of personality. Impersonal and doesn't really warm you up for the job. Interested in your excel skills. Really interested. To the point that you might as well be a guru in excel for the job rather than focusing on the skills for the position. Gave the impression that this is a job for kids straight out of a MBA and not for those that have been in the profession for years.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Dec 6, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Chennai (India) (took 2 weeks)
Number of interviews involving scenarios and analysis of situations and data.
Problem solving in scenarios that you are inherently not familiar with
Repeating the same questions by multiple interviewers to possibly corroborate and cross check responses
For the role I was interviewing for - there were 8 interviews, 3 on the phone and rest face to face.
Very focused on problem solving.
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Negotiation Details
make a strong case for what you are asking for and then stick to your case.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Jul 8, 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 3 weeks)
I received an email from HR saying they were interested in setting up a phone interview with a team member. I ended up doing 2 phone interviews with team members. The interviews went well. A week later, I did not hear from them and sent a follow up email. Within minutes I received an email asking me to come in for in-person interviews. The overall interviews went well. The slow was good, At the first interview, I was told to let people know if asked questions repeatedly. Funny enough, I was asked several questions over and over and when I mentioned that I had already answered , they asked me to proceed and answer again. Sets up an awkward conversation. Hind sight, I would not have said anything and just answered the question. Most of the people were nice. Some were full of themselves, almost condesending at times. One interviewer was just nasty. Did not smile once, Acted like she did not want to be there and did not want me to be there. I would have worked closely with here so probably a good thing they did not select me. HR called the next day and said they would not be moving forward. The only thing about this is that she was rude about it. Funnt because she was really nice the day before. Amazon does not share any feed back so I have no idea why I was not selected. This is a horrible policy!!
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Senior Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Mar 9, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
Received an email to come to Seattle for a day of interviews after being recruited. Follow up on company's part was surprisingly lackadaisical, resulting in the fact that I had to book all my own travel and lodging. Still, my reception was very warm and cordial by each of the five interviewers: 3 specific to my prospective division, one from a parallel, possibly "competing" division (i.e. logistics & operations), and one general HR person. By and large, a behavioral interview, peppered with the occasional inane corporate "surprise" question that comes as no surprise at all. Keep your cool and remember the larger point here is a test of personality, obviously. By and large, a friendly if harmless trial.
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Reason for Declining
The position itself was less than stimulating, and the corporate culture beyond Dilbert.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Feb 16, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
Applied online. 4 weeks later, got a call from recruiter to set up interview with hiring manager. 1 hr phone conversation. Job was for an operations role. Interviewer asked me about my background, experience and team management experience. At the end, he asked about my operations experience (I had minimal direct operations experience). 4 days later, the recruiter emailed to say that they were moving on with other candidates. The experience was relaxed, friendly but probing.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Feb 14, 2010 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Feb 2010 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
A recruiter emailed to say my resume met their qualifications and would like to schedule a phone interview. A one hour meeting was booked. Not sure who I interviewed with--name given but not position. Interview lasted 30 min. I was not given the opportunity to ask any questions. Was asked about international team building and test automation and how to test embedded devices. I didn't think I did well but a few days later another email arrived asking to schedule a 2nd interview which is now scheduled.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Manager at Amazon.com
Posted Feb 8, 2010
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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 Jan 2010 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
A recruiter from Amazon called to scheduled a Phone screen with the hiring manager. It is usually an hour long conversation. As I was told, there is usually 2 phone screens and then followed by an in person interview on site. Everyone is very friendly and they seem to move pretty fast.
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