I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2017
Interview
A recruiter found me on LinkedIn and made the position available to me. I applied online. The online process was moderately difficult and you had to answer a lot of behavioral based questions, or "how you would react in a situation." It seemed that all of the answers they were looking for were goal-oriented, leader based. I did not expect to hear back once I took the assessment, because I found it pretty difficult. A week later, I got an email from a different recruiter who told me I had made it to the final round interviews. This interview was on their video chat platform called "Chime". The interview was set up for a 1.5 hour time frame. They send you a lot of resources in an email on how to prepare for the interview. For example, they want every answer to be shown in STAR format (situation-task-action-result.) They also highly recommend looking up their leadership principles and answering based off of those. I have never received so much prep from a company so it was refreshing to have their help during this intense process. The interview was all behavioral-based questions. You meet with 2 different upper-level managers who were also interns at one point. They ask one case question, and they are looking to see how you react in a situation. The interview process was very casual. Neither the recruiters nor the hiring managers seemed very interested about your personal life. They were looking for straight forward answers that showed them how you would react in a situation, and what kind of a leader you are.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are the direct manager of an employee named Suzy. Your colleague, Hank is the direct manager of an employee named Mark. One day, Suzy and Mark carpool to work together and arrive 30 minutes late. Because they arrive late, 30 minutes are automatically deducted from their pay once they clock in. You later find out that Mark has approached Hank and asked him to reverse the 30 minute deduction because Mark is a long time employee of 30 years, he has never been late, and money is quite tight for him. Your colleague, Hank, decides to reverse the deduction and therefore allow Mark to be paid for those 30 minutes. What do you say to your employee, Suzy, who approaches you about the situation? And, do you approach Hank about the situation, and if so, do you report it to anyone?
Multiple online tests after application, followed by a virtual interview with various staff. Staff did not want to be on camera and did not have many good things to say about working there.
Prior to even speaking to anyone about a possible interview there was a long and lengthy testing required. Really disappointing to finish with no feedback or additional details. I only received an email post test.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Stamford, CT)
Interview
Extremely unprofessional in my opinion. Talked to 3 different people, all of whom were wearing old sweatshirts and not looking at the camera. As I was sitting on zoom in a suit jacket, did not feel at all a place I would be valued at.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Conflict between coworkers, how would you approach resolving?