I applied through other source. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Londres, Inglaterra) in Feb 2015
Interview
2 telephone interviews for 1st and 2nd stage, 5 back-to-back face-to-face interviews on site with 7 interviewers - whole process took about four months.
Should've listened to the reviews placed on glassdoor. Spent umpteen emails trying to guage a base or even a salary range to ensure I wasn't wasting mine nor the company's time. When the first offer came in below the range that was originally given to me it was a real disappointment. Second offer was also low but I was told they'd look internally for more suitable positions in the meantime and given the weekend as a timeframe to come back to me. I took the same window of opportunity to respond with an answer, however, the offer was retracted before I had a chance to respond.
Overall, the interview process was pretty good - whilst a little draining, both physically and mentally, was good to meet and speak to people from the within the team as well as internal stakeholders. I enjoyed the process! Unfortunately, it was a great shame about the offer. The amount of time, energy and cost wasted could have been avoided by being open and up front from the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Competency based questions relating to past experience - tell me about a time when... etcetera.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (München, Bavaria) in Apr 2015
Interview
I had a phone interview with a recruiter, and a week later another phone interview with the hiring manager.
They send you prior to the interview some instructions about the structure of the interview (STAR structure). It was pretty easy in both phases, and the interviewers stuck to job related questions and to the company's leadership principles.
I wasn't selected for the job, which I discovered by looking at my online profile. Before checking my profile at amazon careers (I had forgotten that I had one) I had sent 2 emails about any feedback on the last interview, and I never got any response. I think it would have been decent at least to receive a notifying email, at the end both parties dedicated their time to the interviewing process.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
The hiring and recruiting culture at Amazon is clearly designed to wear you down and weed you out during the interview process.
DO NOT demean yourself by even beginning the ridiculous interview process here. In addition, read how many horrible reviews there are about the work culture.
Sad, unbelievable, really that such a successful firm who 'lives and dies' by "the customer comes first", cares nothing about their employees.
Interviewer called 45 minutes late - I was shocked. It got worse from there - you will not experience an interview, you WILL be interrogated. No matter how much homework and preparation you do, you will not surface unscathed. Rude, arrogant, did nothing to sell ME on working for them. All around a very broken process.
I politely declined offers to move forward and feel that I truly dodged a bullet by maintaining my integrity and removing myself from their "process".
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What happened to your last job? The interviewer had clearly not reviewed my resume prior to calling me (late) - I'm a consultant, so nothing "happened" to my last job. The badgering continued with "well, what 'happened to you' that forced you into consulting"?? WHAT? Also, amazon asks questions that are absolutes, so if you don't answer a firm yes or no, they railroad you and talk over you and, well, it is simply the most unpleasant, disrespectful interview I have ever had and I have over 20 years of experience in my field. Run, don't walk, away if you feel somehow "lucky" that Amazon is interested in you. Run.