Area Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Area Manager roles take an average of 68 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 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Area Manager according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Drug test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
One on one interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 6%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Arlington, VA) in Jun 2019
Interview
An Amazon Recruiter asked me if I was interested in applying for the role. They flew me out, paid for hotel and rental car, and food. Got a tour of the amazon warehouse and there were two other candidates. Interview was with 3 different people: HR manager, Operations Manager and one more person. Recruiter told me to study Amazon's leadership principles and the STAR response format. I did all of that, memorized the principles. Questions were all situational and behavior based. It was back to back interview with all three people. I thought the interviews went really well and I was very disappointed that I didn't get an offer. Interestingly, I tried applying for an area manager role at a different location and contacted the recruiter who reached out to me. The recruiter told me that based on my previous interview to not even bother and if I want to apply again, to wait 12 months. So I guess it is a one time deal. Very disappointing since I incorporated the Amazon leadership principles into my answers and studied them well before the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time you tried enacting a change within an organization
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you faced a conflict or disagreement at work and how did you handle it?"
Multiple online tests after application, followed by a virtual interview with various staff. Staff did not want to be on camera and did not have many good things to say about working there.
Prior to even speaking to anyone about a possible interview there was a long and lengthy testing required. Really disappointing to finish with no feedback or additional details. I only received an email post test.