I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Very long, it took several months, and 5 interviews. Interviews were average, based on competencies. In the beginning, many technical questions were asked to assess the level of SQL and excel.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2018
Interview
I applied online and then was asked to register for a 30 minute phone screen online through a Google doodle. They assigned me to an Amazon recruiter (not the one who sent the original email).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were tasked with finding 10,000 new products to add to Amazon, how would you go about finding which products to add?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (París) in Feb 2018
Interview
The process was highly disappointing for a company such as Amazon. I applied on the website, and was quickly invited to do a simple test on business skills. The HR representative then contacted me to schedule a phone interview, and that's when it went off tracks. She delayed several times the interview, sometimes by warning me one hour before, sometimes by sending me an email with a false excuse 3 or 4 hours later. When I finally passed it I was invited to do another Excel test and 3 interviews. The interviews went great but the HR woman came back to me (2 days later than she was supposed to, after I sent her several emails because I needed the answer quickly) to tell me that I didn't get the internship because I had failed the Excel test and hadn't a profile "analytical enough" for the job. While I have no problem accepting that I wasn't the right one for this position, I talked intern currently occupying the position and he didn't knew anything about excel at the beginning of the internship. Whereas I am an engineer (which is quite rare for this kind of positions), and know how to use Excel perfectly, even VBA, and how to make SQL requests in a database. The decision just didn't make any sense, and I am very happy to go elsewhere.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A lot of very specific questions where you will have to come up with an example of your past experience and give a lot of details. Example: can you tell me about a time you had to make a decision without having all the data you needed?