I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2015
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter for the Senior Product Manager position for the 'Amazon Campus' team in the first week of October. The recruiter arranged the first phone screen with the hiring manager (Sr. Manager, Product Management) for the position in the following week. The interview was 'Product' based and quite similar to what everyone else has mentioned - TMAY, product that you like, design a new product, etc. In addition, there was one behavioral question to gauge leadership skills. Got contacted by the recruiter a couple of days after the interview to schedule a second phone interview with a Senior Product Manager in the team. This interview was very similar to the first interview, with questions meant to test thinking and product knowledge/capabilities. Like before, got contacted by the recruiter a couple of days later, inviting me for the final face-to-face onsite interview. Got contacted by a different recruiter the following week stating that the position has been internally filled, so the onsite interview has been cancelled.
The recruiter mentioned that I'm being considered for other positions, and would be contacted shortly - however after a few follow-up emails, I realized that it was just a polite way to say that I was out of luck!
So much for spending hours of preparation for one of the best "Customer-Centric" companies in the world.
Overall, the interview experience was good, however the fact that they do not respect the candidate's time and efforts left a bad taste in the end. Did not expect this from Amazon, especially coz this would be expected from smaller companies/startups who may not have multiple positions that they could hire you for at any given time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you increase the sales of 'XYZ' product?
It had 6 rounds- heavily focussed on leadership principles. they really do cross question almost every other example.......... You get multiple interviewers across the organisation. I thought- the questions were repetitive after one point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mention a time when you could give the customer what they asked for ?
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2026
Interview
No HR screen; you answer those questions over email. You do a ridiculous project simulation where you answer emails. Paradoxically it’s interesting yet cheesy at the same time. Very unique but not that difficult. Then the first real interview. Rarely with the direct hiring manager; usually someone else in the org but not this direct team. So it’s useless to research the department. In fact, it’s better to prepare your strong STAR examples. They probe deep, which is fine. They heavily expect numbers. The more you can spout out random numbers (it’s okay, no one will verify) the better. The final round is more of the same — Just more STAR interviews, 2 per session, 4 sessions total. The people in this round are even more critical and harsh than the previous rounds. All done by people who have worked here for 5+ years and have never left — or if they did they came from another FANG company. So they’re all typically arrogant and jaded and negative or on the way to getting there. Finally they all have this weird verbal communication style where they just talk on and on like they expect you to interrupt them — but it’s an interview so you have to be polite can’t interrupt them. So like what the heck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A time you had to mediate a conflict between two stakeholders. A time you had to dig deep into the data.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
1. Initial Screening: It begins with a recruiter sync.
2. The "Loop": It's a 5-to-6-round panel interview focusing on deep technical skills, system design, leadership principles, or domain expertise depending on the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to take a risk or make a decision with incomplete information.
