Principal Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 47% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Principal Product Manager roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 39 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 Principal Product Manager according to 39 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 9%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Other: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Miami, FL) in Sep 2016
Interview
It was a very well planned interview process. It took several rounds from human resources filter to a round of face-to-face interviews with the leadership team. The process involves two work sessions to be conducted by the candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions are related to your work experience. All questions are based on the Amazon leadership principles.
I had 5 interviews with various team members and one with a bar raiser. The recruiters were really helpful with setting expectations. The whole process moved really fast and I got to an offer within 2 weeks.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2025
Interview
First round is recruiter phone call，second round is hiring manager，Third round is with engineering， design， and data scientist team leader. I enjoyed the interview process, but at last I did not get the offer.
Lots of "tell me a time when ... " questions; then there were some behavioral questions that related to collaboration, team building, and product management.
There were questions about understanding how the PM works with internal and external customers
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you had multiple conflicts and managed the trade offs