Senior Business Development Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Business Development Manager roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 29 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 Senior Business Development Manager according to 29 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 10%
Background check: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Other: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2013
Interview
A recruiter from Amazon reached out after finding my profile on Linkedin. I went through three rounds of phone interviews which lasted approximately 30min each. This was a new initiative at Amazon so their recruiting team was working on both moving people around internally and hiring externally.
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Question 1
Describe the traction you've had in growing a new technology product. Include KPIs.
Intense interview process with 7 different one hour interviews (2 prior to loop of 5 interviews). Interview loop was over the course of 2 days. All interviewers were nice and professional
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Question 1
Tell me about the most challenging problem you’ve solved
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Mar 2026
Interview
1 hour phone call with 2 questions that they want answered in STAR format. Then moved to Loop interviews where 5 members will interview you. Some ask 1 question and dig deep with several follow up "probing" questions. Others might ask for 6+ STAR stories. Intense across the span of a day but everyone is very kind, professional, and informative. Overall a very well outlined process that you are prepared for via email with your recruiting team.
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Tell me a time you used customer insights to inform a decision. Tell me a time sacrificed immediate wins for long term strategy. Tell me a time you simplified something other didn't see.
Interview process was long with several rounds at each level. I did feel prepared for each round as the recruiter I was working with was great at preparing me for each stage. Only reason I'm marking this as a poor overall experience, is at the offer level it felt like a bait and switch. I was incredibly transparent about my salary needs. The person that presented the offer was not the same recruiter I worked with throughout my process - it was significantly under my bottom line, and I was dismissed when I made an effort to negotiate. If comp was not a fit, I should have been told that from the start, as to not waste mine and everyone elses time.
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Question 1
Tell me about a time you needed to work with little direction. What was the project and the outcome?