I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Montreal, QC) in Mar 2013
Interview
Was first contacted by linkedin by Amazon recuriter
Then was requested to do a phone interview to learn about the culture of Amazon and things to expect
First tech interview was on phone, there was a slight mixup of time but was asked Hashtable question, programming in live with the interviewer
Second was invited to go to Montreal for interview was put at a hotel with all expenses paid.
Second round had 4 interviewers, 1st HR person offered me TPM position I wasnt going into the interview with TPM in mindset since it was a Senior Dev, but said I would be interested in TPM.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
First question on parsing logs, finding most top 3 clicked links, as in a chain of links pg1 -> pg2 -> pg3, which has the most hits
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 Project 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 Project 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 Project 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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