I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2024
Interview
When first applying you take an assessment that evaluates your basic math skills and personality traits. If you do well enough on this assessment a recruiter will contact you to set up an interview date. the interview is very straight forward, You talk to three different people who are managers at Amazon and they ask you mainly behavioral questions based off Amazons leadership principles. It is very important that you study the leadership principles and relate them to your previous experience as this is exactly what the interviewers are looking for, it is also important to ask questions about the job. overall it was a super easy process compared to the other interviews I have been in that had had multiple rounds of interviews this one was three 15-20 minute interviews back to back, I also got the feeling that I was not competing against other people for the job as Amazon is a massive company that is always hiring, It felt like as long as you had previous job or school experience that you cold relate to a couple of their leadership principles you would have a pretty good shot at the job (I graduated college in may 2024 and I had previous experience in a warehouse environment which probably helped).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you fix a situation in which an employee was breaking safety protocol in order to get work done faster. (This was the one of the only questions I was stumped on and it seemed like other people on this site got a similar question so definitely have an answer to this).
Was contacted much later about my application. First had a intro zoom presentation session where the role was explained, then a one on one with 2 interviewers. It was honestly not that bad. Prepared by knowing the Leadership Principles.
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Question 1
Give me an example of a calculated risk that you have taken where speed was critical. What was the situation and how did you handle it? What steps did you take to mitigate the risk? What was the outcome? Knowing what you know now, would you have done anything differently?
3 - 45 minutes interview back to back and three different recruiters. mine was through a zoom call and they should have sent you a link through email to join
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
just basic questions like tell me about you, why amazon, and why should we hire you.
Star Method and Leadership Principles. Just study these from the materials they give you, and form a story for each principle, and when they ask questions, you can see which principle they are asking about.
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Question 1
Tell me about a time you faced a conflict or disagreement at work and how did you handle it?"
Area Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Area Manager roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 1,385 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 Area Manager according to 1,385 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Phone interview: 18%
Skills test: 12%
Group panel interview: 10%
Presentation: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Drug test: 7%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Other: 2%
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