Lots of preparation needed but good for self reflection. Required to take a test and have multiple screenings before loop interview. STAR method advised when answering questions and lots of preparation tools given ahead of loop.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2025
Interview
Four one hour interviews back to back. Questions about their leadership principles in each one. Quite disorganized, as the interviewers didn’t know what role I was interviewing for. Some awkward interviewers but the second half of them were much better. One interview with two people, one of them qualifying to become an interviewer.
Phone interview with 2 members of the team hiring for the role. First 10 minutes of the call they were describing the role and it was significantly different than how it was defined in the job description.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you didn't meet a customer's expectations.
Business Development applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 44% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Business Development roles take an average of 44 days to get hired, when considering 33 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 Business Development according to 33 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 9%
Group panel interview: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 3%
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