J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Pullman, WA) en nov. 2015
Entretien
Submitted resume to amazon.com -> received email requesting interview -> set up phone interview.
The questions weren't hard but I was the last the interview of the day and I could tell that the person interviewing me was in a rush. She called 15 minutes late, cut me off multiple times, didn't speak English well, and she claimed to have an MBA in finance but she didn't know what a mutual fund was.
I thought despite these conditions the interview went well.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
How would you put a cap on the number items a seller is allowed to have on the amazon marketplace? And what would be the criteria for selecting which items stays on the marketplace if this limit was imposed and sellers were over the limit.
The interview process includes a SQL test, an initial recruiter call, and a final five-round loop featuring technical questions and discussions focused on Amazon leadership principles with different team members.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
They asked a key question focused on both technical depth and culture fit: how you apply your skills to solve real problems, along with examples demonstrating alignment with Amazon’s leadership principles.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Entretien
Interviewed for Business Analyst role at Amazon and honestly the process felt exhausting and impersonal.
The interviewers seemed far more focused on checking boxes against the 14 Leadership Principles than actually understanding the candidate or having a genuine conversation. Almost every question was another version of a STAR behavioral scenario, even when it barely related to the actual role.
The process felt extremely rehearsed and rigid. There was little effort to make the candidate feel comfortable or valued, and it often felt like they had already decided the outcome before the interview even started.
Technical and analytical depth barely mattered compared to how perfectly you could package stories into Amazon’s preferred format. If you don’t have polished STAR stories memorized for every possible situation, the process can feel unnecessarily difficult and draining.
Overall, one of the most mentally exhausting interview experiences I’ve had.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (New York, NY)
Entretien
The basic STAR format, but the team was not clear about what they were looking for. The recruiter was not very responsive and took a long time to schedule the calls