I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Atlanta, GA) in Feb 2019
Interview
Before the interview, they want you to do an assessment. For me, the role was completely misaligned with my skills nor was the assessment explained as to what they wanted (no instructions, 1 question 90 minutes) not your typical assessment with questions. Now, had there been instructions or labeling as to a situational problem assessment, not a problem. The biggest issue was my skills for what the job needed. It felt like someone was just going through the motions to say we looked at certain folks, with little intention of actually trying to match jobs with skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was a problem assessment - here is the current problem that you have to assess, find out who your customers are, understand their needs, meet your bosses' demands, which might be out of alignment with the over arching problem.
First round - Hiring manager screening; covers leadership principles important for the job
Final round - 5 interviews with writing assessment; each round covers around 3 leadership principles; all interviews are behavioral
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions related to leadership principles listen on Amazon website; e.g., how to handle a difficult customer
Split in to several stages. (1) Phone screen. (2) Skill test at home. (3) Behaviour based interview questions. You meet people in your prospective team. Behaviour based interview questions. Can you tell me about a time when you did x, y or z to get a result.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behaviour based interview questions. Can you tell me about a time when you did x, y or z to get a result. What obstacles did you overcome. Looking back, what would you have done differently.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Phone interview followed by in person day of interviews. Everyone was very friendly and range of technical, behavioral and product questions. Could tell who the bar raiser was who asked a design question around building an app.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a mobile app to track scores and send notifications.
Technical Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 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 Technical Product Manager roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 47 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 Technical Product Manager according to 47 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 37%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 1%
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