I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2021
Interview
First run (Phone call by hiring manager)
HR sent a email to list many focuses that will be asked in the interview.
- FEA, solid mechanics knowledge, structural design analysis, material characterization
- Coding, automation scripting (the team uses Python and MATLAB)
- Amazon leadership principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No behavioral question.
Ask me to introduce myself at the beginning and then followed by asking tons of questions regarding the projects I have conducted in PhD.
Many technical questions about finite element method (mech; explicit vs. implicit ..... etc.); failure modes....
They did not show up to the interview twice! When I finally got to interview they were not very personable. Asked maybe 1 STAR type question. The rest were technical questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2020
Interview
Applied online, got an interview invite a month later, didn't get a notification about the date and time of the interview until the last minute, so preparing was extremely stressful
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Snap fit, deformation (cantilever beam), some behavioral questions, lots of hypothetical questions about how I would design and manufacture something
Product Design Engineer 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 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Design Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Product Design Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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