I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I did 7 one-hour interviews over the period of SIX months. During the process the recruiter did not reply to any of my emails. I prepared extensively as they have these “leadership principles” which you need to make sure you have good examples for in the STAR format. If you make it through all the interviews, the interviewers get together to discuss whether you are better skilled than the people currently in the role (not sure why). If not, they declare you “below the bar” and then will not get back to you. I had to ask several people to finally get my recruiter to get back to me and tell me it’s a no. They collect so much data/feedback during interviews but in the end have no feedback at all. By far the worst recruiting process I’ve experienced and heard off.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a problem you had to solve that required data and analysis?
Great management, it was a walk in drive and the HR team was able to manage everything well. Enjoyed the process.
All the best to everyone going for the interview.
fairly easy. phone then hiring manager. took a few weeks to hear back and didn’t get the job unfortunately. i will keep trying! amazon is a great company and i think i just need a bit more experience.
1 Phone screen, 4 loops of behavioral interviews. A bar raiser is involved in one of the 4 loops. They respond back in the same week regarding the next steps / feedback