Senior Technical Program 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 45% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Technical Program Manager roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 117 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 Senior Technical Program Manager according to 117 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 15%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 5%
Personality test: 4%
Background check: 3%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2015
Interview
For me the interview process was very long. However, the length of time had more to do with me starting the interview well before my availability, and also the fact that I interviewed for multiple jobs before receiving an offer. The actual time from start to finish for the last job was less than 2 weeks. I was very impressed with the entire process and I was able to learn a lot about Amazon at every step.
Part I: Initial phone screen was in Nov. 2014 and that led to two 45 minute phone interviews in December. At the end of the 2nd phone interview, it was apparent that the job was not the best fit. I was told they would get back to me. Shortly later, I received a job description, expressed interest, and was able to do a phone interview in January. That went well and I was invited to Seattle for an interview loop in February (six 45 minute individual interviews). Unfortunately, I did not receive an offer, however the entire process was very professional and everyone was extremely friendly.
Part II: In late June I was contacted to set up a phone interview for a different Amazon job. It was not a job that I had applied for but the recruiter said she was reviewing my resume for a job that I had applied for but thought I'd be a better fit for this other on. That phone interview went well and the next day I was invited for an onsite interview loop in July. That consisted of five 45 minute individual interviews. It went quite well but I received a call from the recruiter a couple of days later saying that the team was moving forward with other candidates. However, the hiring manager thought I'd be a good fit for Amazon and was going to work to facilitate a shortened interview with a different team.
Part III: In late July, I was contacted by a recruiter on a Monday and by Tuesday had an onsite abbreviated interview loop scheduled with three people on Wednesday. Those interviews went well and by Friday I received an e-mail stating that an offer would be coming! The offer came the following week and I accepted!
I was very impressed with the entire process. Even though there were so many interviews, it was only because of the number of positions I was being considered for along the way and I could tell that Amazon really wanted to ensure a great fit between me and the company. I could not have been more impressed. Everyone was so friendly and I can't wait to start working for such a great company.
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Question 1
I won't comment on specific interview questions as I signed a NDA. However, I will say that Amazon's Leadership Principles drove just about everything in the interviews. Have a ton of responses to "Tell me about a time when..."
it is good experience. The interviewer are polite and respectful. They would ask many questions like "tell me a time when..." and might drill down a bit based on your responses.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you make a short term pain for long term gain for the program.
El proceso es largo, en total son en promedio 7 entrevistas, de las cuales 5 son en loop, lo que significa que estas 5 entrevistas pueden ser el mismo dia, una tras otra, de una hora cada una
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2026
Interview
Lots of "story telling" they don't care about what you would do. Only "tell me a time you...". They take their time to interview and encourage many many weeks between rounds. The people and interviewers were extremely robotic and don't make it so you want to work there. Their reputation doesn't help either.