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 a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I had initially applied to Amazon several times without success. Luckily I caught the eye of a recruiter from one of my social profiles ie. Monster or LinkedIn. The recruiter contacted me through email and I sent back the survey provided expressing my interest. A few days later I received an email telling me that I was chosen for a phone interview.
Phone Interview:
The interviewer called me at the scheduled time. I was given a background on the interviewer and the experience he had at Amazon. I must say I was impressed. I was asked to give background o n myself and my past experiences. Make sure you are very knowledgeable about your resume and can give examples of each bullet point. There was a math question that was pretty easy. The question was altered several times so the interviewer could gauge my critical thinking skills. I got the impression that how I came to my conclusions was more important than the answers. The rest of the interview was pretty standard. I received an email a few days later that my interview had went well and I was chosen to have a face to face.
Face to face interview:
This interview was a bit intimidating and is definitely not for the weak of heart. I had to travel to a location where they were having an interview event. Amazon pays the expense. Once at the site I discovered the were 10 or 11 ppl also interviewing for the same position. I'm not sure if we were all interviewing for the same site. We were taken on a tour of the facility, which is very impressive. After the tour we went into our interviews. We each had 5 or 6 interviews with different people. Each interviewer focused on a different set of Amazon principles. Research the company and be very familiar with each of them. Make sure to prepare experiences of your own that follow these principles. The interviews each followed the STAR format. Also, you are given a math problem which you have 15 mins to solve. You will also have present the problem. The interview lasted 6hrs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an example of a time you made a mistake and what you did to address 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.