Recruiter applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Recruiter roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 185 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Recruiter according to 185 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 14%
Skills test: 10%
Background check: 8%
Presentation: 4%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxembourg) in Feb 2017
Interview
Applied online. Heard back vie email a few weeks later asking for me to specify what times I was available for the next 3 weeks, including the week that was to start in 3 days time. I didn't hear back for a week a half. Then woke up and saw an email that was sent late the previous night requesting a telephone interview for the same day. I replied to agree to the interview, and reminded them to call my landline not mobile and gave the number. That day the inteviewer called my mobile so asked to call back on my landline.
The interview lasted about 20 minutes. She opened by asking if I was headhunted or if I applied online (surprised she didn't know which one), and then 'processed' my interview. She did not use a conversational style, more just obviously went through a preprepared checklist of questions (nothing really to do with my cv, experience,etc.) just the list they must go through with each other. She sort of explained the role, but I didn't get a complete picture. She just seemed all over the place.
2 Weeks later I received a generic not shortlisted to the next stage email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a situation when you took on a task that was not part of your daily job?
three step process - one hour test, forty five minutes with hiring person, then three one hour peer interviews. (not including interfacing with the original recruiter). a bit of communication gap during the process as the scheduler's email after the one hour test didn't seem to get in my email
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
STAR process - how would i approach a problem - that was the entire focus of the 1 hour test then followed up with in person examples
This was for a contract position. I was contacted by a 3rd party recruiter, then was setup with and interview quick with the AWS team, It was just 1 step, 30 minute interview with Senior Recruiter. just 1 zoom call, got the offer the following week and started 3 weeks after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
describe previous recruiting experience
skills you've recruited for
how do you stay organized?
what AI tools do you utilize?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2026
Interview
At onset, was referred to an open role, applied and was selected for an initial screen from a recruiter. Had heard the interview process was difficult and needed to be prepared. Really need to understand the culture and core competencies of Amazon.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through a complex requisition where you had to scale up quickly.