I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Arlington, VA) in Aug 2022
Interview
Was contacted by a third party recruiter who suggested I apply; after a couple weeks I heard they wanted an initial interview, per an internal Amazon recruiter. The usual Amazon questions and a low pressure discussion lead to a second interview, and it started to feel promising. At this point only about 3hrs invested. After that the recruiter took a couple weeks to line up with "virtual onsite loop" which was a pretty grueling six hours of video chatting with various potential managers and peers asking the typical "tell me about a time you...." questions. They all seemed cordial and grateful for my time and the vibe was pretty positive. It's a huge time investment they ask you for.
So it really sucks when a few days later the internal reviewer calls you to tell you the answer is no, but please do keep applying! It'll be worth it.
Quite frustrating how they can rug pull you at the very end and only tell you they're "going with other candidates."
For a pretty low-tech job like e-commerce b2b sales to have that much effort put in only to get rugged at the end really sucks.
Not sure I'd waste time with them again after this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Tell me about a time you had to make a decision without your manager's input."
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Arlington, VA) in Apr 2024
Interview
Two phone interviews and a 6 hour on-camera interview. The phone interviews were each an hour long and had 4 questions based on the famous Amazon Leadership Principles. The final interview was long and intense with at least 24 different questions about past professional life, situations and results.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When was a time when you got a bad review for something you did? What was the review and what did you learn from it? What did you do to change behavior?
Account Representative II applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 5 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 Account Representative II roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Account Representative II according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 29%
Phone interview: 29%
Skills test: 14%
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