Account Executive applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 46% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Account Executive roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 113 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Account Executive according to 113 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 10%
Skills test: 8%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2018
Interview
Everything is behavioral based. You meet with 4 different people for an hour each and they ask you for all kids of behavioral based scenarios and follow up questions. Sometimes the scenarios do not seem relevant to the role you are interviewing for, but they are based on Amazon's leadership principles. The four people you speak with seemingly are selected at random. I spoke with 3 people in that field and one in a totally different field, but none of the people I spoke with had ever done the actual role I was interviewing for which was frustrating. I also was not followed up with in a timely manner. The recruiter on this role was supposed to call me within a week with news one way or another, but as I was not being given an offer, I was no longer worth her time. I had to bug her to give me a 30 second phone call.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON)
Interview
The Interview process is exactly what people describe - its rigorous and you must be prepared with atleast 2 work examples per leadership principle. Ensure you do not repeat answers and use the CAR or STAR format.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you raised the bar and went above and beyond in a work project.
I got contacted by a recruiter and then one interview with the hiring manager! That was really it because they were rushing to place someone, super quick and took about 2 weeks total.
I only got through to the first stage, where my experience didn't quite match what they were looking for. The next stage was a meeting with someone from their Sales department, and then there is a take-home task, followed by review and further interviews with more senior staff.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you think that you, in particular, would be better at this role than somebody else?