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 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Recruiter roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 185 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 Recruiter according to 185 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 14%
Skills test: 10%
Background check: 8%
Presentation: 4%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2015
Interview
Telephone interview with recruiter for first round (positive impression); 2nd telephone interview with role manager who missed our originally scheduled time and had to reschedule the interview; 3rd telephone interview with another manager. 2 week break for scheduling onsite interview. Onsite interview consisted of 5 in-depth behavioral based interviews. Returned home and had another telephone interview. I felt the interview process challenged me but It's one thing to push people to excel and another to pontificate about expectations from high upon a mountain. I definitely felt a "chill" in the air. I felt compelled to want the opportunity from the shear challenge in the role - not because of the way the interviewer's made me feel through the interview process. I would suggest anyone preparing for this role go in with realistic expectations and be prepared to be humbled. The follow up communication following the onsite interview was not very good - took a week and a half to get a response back from my recruiter. The hiring manager really led me to believe that I was going to get this position and that did not happen.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you took a risk in one of your previous roles?
three step process - one hour test, forty five minutes with hiring person, then three one hour peer interviews. (not including interfacing with the original recruiter). a bit of communication gap during the process as the scheduler's email after the one hour test didn't seem to get in my email
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
STAR process - how would i approach a problem - that was the entire focus of the 1 hour test then followed up with in person examples
This was for a contract position. I was contacted by a 3rd party recruiter, then was setup with and interview quick with the AWS team, It was just 1 step, 30 minute interview with Senior Recruiter. just 1 zoom call, got the offer the following week and started 3 weeks after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
describe previous recruiting experience
skills you've recruited for
how do you stay organized?
what AI tools do you utilize?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2026
Interview
At onset, was referred to an open role, applied and was selected for an initial screen from a recruiter. Had heard the interview process was difficult and needed to be prepared. Really need to understand the culture and core competencies of Amazon.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through a complex requisition where you had to scale up quickly.