I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Phoenix, AZ) in Mar 2021
Interview
1. Recruiting Interview
2. Director Screen (45 min)
3. Peer Screen (45 min)
4. Test (1.0 hr)
5. Writing exercise/Business Case: Time commitment up to 2-hours
6. Interview with 5 individual interviewers in succession (total 45 min each)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They provide a sampling of their guiding principles so that you have some structure. Their guiding/leadership principles amount to 30 different points., from which they draw their questions. They use the STAR method. They emphasize not using the same examples with the different interviewers. Thats a strike against you. So if you have a minimum of 7 interviews and 30 leadership principles there is a potential of 210 questions to draw from, from which they recommend you write out examples prior to the interview. They also stated up front they know that no one is perfect and that it can be a stressful process. They seemed very reasonable and especially kind, except for one. Looking back, I'm not sure how sincere they really were, but I will look at the experience as a learning opportunity as I continue my job search. For those interviewing with them, my advice PREPARE. I felt I had prepared well and followed to a tee their STAR method as I used in interviewing people, and provided great examples, I was apparently not what they were looking for and I'm sure something better is around the corner.
4 rounds of behavioral interview. Need to prepare at least 4-5 successful projects to answer all questions that applied with different leadership principles.
Two are within the team and two are bar-raisers.
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Question 1
Q: How do you use data to solve a problem?
Q: Tell me about a time that you dealt with a hostile customer.
It was a couple of individual interviews but then when you got further along, it turned into all day interviews with multiple people. You basically had to be available for an entire day (regardless of what you said your availability for interviews was) and then they would change the time day of with minimal notice.
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Explain how you apply the Amazon Leadership principles to your current job.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (London, England)
Interview
Quick, professional and thorough. Focus in the STAR method. First call with the recruiter was incredible helpful. Second call with the area manager was tough, as you have to follow the STAR method in every single question
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Tell me about a change you implemented that didn't work out as it should
Customer Service Manager 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 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Customer Service Manager roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 36 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 Customer Service Manager according to 36 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 19%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Presentation: 2%
Other: 1%
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