I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON)
Interview
3 Rounds of Interview
1st two round are done by phone and are with 1 manager in your stream of work.
The third round is done in person with about five managers rotating in from different functions.
It is very behavioural with technical components. They dig quite deep into your examples so make sure have very robust examples with real applicability and a wide scope of challenges you had to address. Everything should fit the 14 Leadership principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you made a data based recommendation that the team disagreed with and ended up supporting a different plan that you had to support.
Financial analyst intern, online assessment was based on leadership principles, look at the website for these. Excel and SQL. Probability and analytic skills. Choosing the best reply in different scenarios etc.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2026
Interview
Straightforward process:
1. introduction 2. Why Amazon? Why ads? + three somewhat complex BQ questions 4. a short case study 5. My turn to ask questions.
Prepare your BQ really good and go learn the LPs cuz I definitely failed that part and was confused by myself during the storytelling.
A Virtual Hiring Manager call to discuss my background, evaluate role alignment, explore expectations, and determine next steps in the interview process through a focused, conversational video meeting. Interview was pretty challenging, its important to have succinct examples