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    Amazon Area Manager Interview Questions

    Updated Aug 15, 2017
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    Area Manager Interview

    Anonymous Employee
    Accepted Offer
    Positive Experience
    Difficult Interview

    Application

    I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in January 2014.

    Interview

    A compilation of all the behavioral questions on this website.

    1. Tell me about yourself
    2. Strengths
    3. Weaknesses
    4. Why Amazon?
    5. How can you translate your skills towards Amazon?
    6. What experiences do you have that separate you from the rest?

    Groups/ Leadership
    1. Tell me about a time when you were leading a group, were assigned a goal, and did not reach it
    2. Tell me about a time when you had a group conflict and how did you overcome this conflict?
    3. How did your actions in a leadership role increase productivity?
    4. Tell me about a time when you dealt with an employee with poor performance
    5. What is your take on leadership?
    6. Tell me about a time when you had a group conflict and how you overcame this conflict?
    7. What kind of roles have you done that were leadership roles?

    Behavioral Leadership & Safety & Customer Service
    1. Tell me about a time when you dealt with ambiguity?
    2. How important is safety to you? Rank Customer Service, Quality, Safety
    3. Do you go against a supervisor who made a decision that goes against corporate policy and is a potential safety issue for one of your employees
    4. How would you handle an employee who showed up to work drunk? (not very relevant)
    5. Name a time you had to convince someone to do something they did not want to do
    6. Tell me about a situation where you directly impacted customer satisfaction
    7. What type of leader are you? Explain your leadership style. What does it mean to be a leader?
    8. How do you motivate people?
    9. What did you admire most about one of your previous supervisors

    Negativity
    1. Tell me about a time you failed and how you handled it?
    2. Tell me about an ethical conflict with your boss and how you’ve handled it
    3. How do you deal with stress?
    4. Have you ever proposed an idea to a superior and were ignored despite knowing that it would produce a positive result? How did you handle it?
    5. Explain a time when you had to deal with poor job performance
    6. Name a time you screwed up
    7. What frustrates you

    Continuous Improvement/ Problem Fixing
    1. Tell me about a time when you leaned out a process
    2. Tell me about a time you had a difficult job to solve
    3. Walk me through a different scenario of a process you invented or improved
    4. Tell me about a time you attempted to refine a process and failed
    5. Give an example of a time when you found a simple solution to a seemingly difficult problem
    6. How has your past experiences included lean management, six sigma, kaizen

    Interview Questions

    • Tell me about yourself. Don't say something typical   13 Answers

    Other Interview Reviews for Amazon

    1.  

      Area Manager Interview

      Anonymous Employee
      Accepted Offer
      Neutral Experience
      Easy Interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon.

      Interview

      Speak with current Area Manager and Operations Manager. They omit a lot of information about the job itself so ask specific questions. They make the job look perfect and try to gloss over challenges since they're scrambling to hire anyone.

      Interview Questions

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      Area Manager Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Lexington-Fayette, KY
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Lexington-Fayette, KY) in July 2017.

      Interview

      Applied online. Took a "day in the life of a manager" online assessment. It was very straight forward and did not require any additional thought. They are looking for optimal leadership so answer how the "perfect" leader would respond. Was contacted via email by a recruiter about a month after initial application was submitted. I was invited to an interview day at the fulfillment center. The interview lasted about three hours. Three 45 min interviews and a 45 min tour of the fc. Each interviewer was looking for certain things. The questions centered around Amazons leadership principles so if you studied those and had stories and answers related to them then it makes it easier. Overall the interviewers tried to keep it casual and conversational.

      Interview Questions

      • Tell me a time you analyzed data and identified a problem. Then how did you correct the problem?   Answer Question
      • Identify a time you had a disagreement with another manager or your manager and ultimately you had to back down and follow through with what the other manager said.   Answer Question
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      Area Manager Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Boston, MA
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Boston, MA) in July 2017.

      Interview

      Interactive and seamless. Three 45-minute interviews with someone from different departments with very engaging questions. Although I prepared for common questions, the interviewers made me feel at ease so that I breezed through questions I didn't prep for.

      Interview Questions

      • Why Amazon?   1 Answer
      • How did you handle a situation in which you didn't agree with a decision?   Answer Question

    4.  

      Area Manager Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon.

      Interview

      Applied online through the career website they transported me out to interview site. I had three different interviews they were informative and honest. They provided a tour of the facility and contacted me within 72 hours with a decision.

      Interview Questions

      • Tell me about a time when you had an employee that was not performing tasks to standard?   Answer Question

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      Area Manager Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Ventura, CA
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Ventura, CA) in June 2017.

      Interview

      I applied online and waited several months for an reply. Overall pleasant experience. Flew me out to interview and was treated nicely. The interviewers were very nice and helped create a positive experience. They focus a lot on the STAR method and like to hear numbers. Overall interview time was a little less than 2 hours.

      Interview Questions

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      Area Manager Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in San Francisco, CA
      Declined Offer
      Negative Experience
      Easy Interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3+ months. I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA) in June 2017.

      Interview

      I was flown to California for my 3rd interview with Amazon. It was the most unprofessional, unstructured experience I have ever encountered. All of the interviewers were under 25. They were eating hamburgers and using profanity during the interview . The interview started 35 minutes late. I am totally confused and shocked that this is the leadership of Amazon. I immediately knew I wasn't a fit for that culture..

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      Area Manager Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Seattle, WA
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Easy Interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in June 2017.

      Interview

      Interview process went well. Had to interview on Chime with two different interviewers. Interview starts off with a panel of other candidates and then you move on to your interview portion by yourself. I also did a interview before where I had to record my answers to questions that are preposted. I prefer the face-to-face interview over anything else.

      Interview Questions

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      Area Manager Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Las Vegas, NV
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Las Vegas, NV) in June 2017.

      Interview

      I applied in April of 2016 and was invited to do an online assessment. The assessment took about 2 hours. It tested you on how you would handle certain situations and how well you analyze data(I would recommend looking at their leadership principles prior, otherwise its just knowing how to properly read data). Right after I finished, I got an email 30 minutes later stating that I did not get the position. Fast forward to March 2017, I received an email with a survey on it. They asked me if I was still interested in a position with Amazon. They said if you are, please fill-out the survey to let us know what positions you are still interested in. I filled that out and a month later I received another email stating that I was invited to interview. They were extremely good at filling you in on everything and keeping in touch, even though its been a lengthy process.

      Once I knew I had an interview, they continued sending email updates and would send us any other prescreening things necessary prior to interview. It was very helpful and made me respect their HR team.

      The interview I had was on Amazon Chime. I really enjoyed the experience and everyone was very supportive. The first interviewer had a very nice vibe and made me feel very comfortable. The second one was also very nice, but he definitely was a tad bit more intimidating. The questions were behavioral, so its extremely important to prepare.

      Interview Questions

      • Tell me about yourself and the normal ice breaker questions.   Answer Question
      • Behavioral Questions. Tell me about a time... etc. Its really important to have a time of failure, hard employee, challenging situation, etc. Use STAR method.   Answer Question

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      Area Manager Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Pensacola, FL
      No Offer
      Negative Experience
      Easy Interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Pensacola, FL) in June 2017.

      Interview

      Group interview with multiple candidates in San Francisco, which is not where I applied. Interviewed with 3 people. Questions were all behavioral based, "tell me about a time when...". What was surprising was the process was very unorganized and not very professional. Amazon stated they wanted us to wear business casual, which I did, and I looked like I owned the place compared to the other candidates, who were wearing t-shirts, shorts, and generally looked like bums. The interviews went very well and my answers were very good. I was somehow not offered the position, despite being clearly more professional than the other candidates; however I would have turned down the job anyway. The position is basically supervising a bunch of low paid hourly worker who, by my interviewers own admission, regularly miss work. No thanks. A current co-worker of mine did the same process for the same position, but at a different location and had the exact same option as I do. Other reviews were pretty accurate in terms of the entire process. I would not recommend the role for someone unless it was their first job out of college, anyone with even a couple of years of experience and education is way over qualified, despite what Amazon may think.

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