Technical 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 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Recruiter roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 81 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 Technical Recruiter according to 81 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 17%
Group panel interview: 14%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 7%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2017
Interview
As someone who conducts recruitment processes daily, I feel it is important to share with you my candidate experience to take into any account that you might find constructive. On behalf of Amazon, the interview was very disappointing in terms of professionalism.
Candidate Attraction
Initially I was contacted via LinkedIn for this role by one of your internal recruiters, and when I finally agreed to interview I was faced with a unenthusiastic and uninformative phone call. I would expect at least some information on the role, the project, the problem, or whatever else the requirement was to fulfill. It would be assumed that the candidate would be briefed on this information prior or after the interview questions in an initial conversation.
Knowledge on Requirement
There was a number of times I had to seek clarification on the questions being asked as they didn't seem to make sense, and even then I felt they couldn't be defined by the interviewer. I am still unsure if it was lack of knowledge about the questions being asked or the English barrier, but as a current employee of Amazon conducting the interview I do hope it is the latter.
Knowledge on Candidate Approached
The interviewer was admittedly confused about the agency recruitment process and how it worked - this is worrying as I presume recruiters in Amazon do 360/full life-cycle recruitment and potentially have to interact with agency recruiters from time to time. Regardless, if there was interest in my CV (an agency recruiter) I would have assumed the interviewer would know the general idea of the candidates expected responsibilities.
With no disrespect, it is prominent to display an enjoyable candidate experience with those who go through any recruitment process in an organisation for many reasons. Is it the backbone of the culture and reputation for any company, especially in the Irish market as it is extremely small.
I hope you find this somewhat useful.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you made a mistake.
Tell me about a time you had to object to a decision made by you me manager.
Tell me about yourself.
4 rounds of interviews that can be split into two days or one consisting of Amazon LP’s and behavioral questions. Star format is huge and don’t repeat example or answers
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a tell you created a niche sourcing strategy to fill a role
Straight to the point. Interviewer has been with Amazon for quite sometime. It baffles me how some Recruiters get jobs at these companies. As a recruiter I could tell right off the bat the interview would end poorly based off the Recruiters tone when he joined.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you sourced 100 candidates and only 2 responded but they were middle of the pack what would you do
Standard process, 5 rounds in total for onsite. Can ask to spread it into 2 days. Make sure you prepare solid bq stories and you will be fine. Make sure you prep some questions to ask as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard bq questions and some basic technical questions.