Area Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Area Manager roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 1,383 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 Area Manager according to 1,383 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Phone interview: 18%
Skills test: 12%
Group panel interview: 10%
Presentation: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Drug test: 7%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Other: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2019
Interview
I went on to the career site for university hires, I took an assessment that took around two hours and was contacted several months later. I then was scheduled for an interview two weeks later. I did two interviews back to back with managers, I found out very quickly that the interview was not going to go well because they were looking for cookie cutter responses to any of the questions they asked. If you are good at storytelling you will get the job, experience in the industry doesn't matter. I have worked previous roles in the company and it was very clear most of the area managers hired out of the university that I worked with didn't have degrees in operations or a similar field, and didn't last very long in the facility because of it.
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Question 1
Describe a situation where you were not able to meet expectations on a job and how did you handle it?
Star Method and Leadership Principles. Just study these from the materials they give you, and form a story for each principle, and when they ask questions, you can see which principle they are asking about.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you faced a conflict or disagreement at work and how did you handle it?"
Multiple online tests after application, followed by a virtual interview with various staff. Staff did not want to be on camera and did not have many good things to say about working there.
Prior to even speaking to anyone about a possible interview there was a long and lengthy testing required. Really disappointing to finish with no feedback or additional details. I only received an email post test.