I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2019
Interview
The interview process is fairly straightforward albeit a little long for an early career recruiting role. Conversation with Recruiter and hiring manager. Then full panel of interviews (4 interviews back to back). Mostly relies on use of STAR method, alignment with Amazon Leadership Principles, and data to back up results. Pretty boring and don't learn much from the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can provide an example of a challenging goal/metric you had to achieve? Did you accomplish it and what did you do?
Long but thorough and well documented interview process. They left no stone unturned but that gave me good confidence when an offer was made. Be prepared and do some studying beforehand.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you use tools to specifically target individuals?
4 back to back interviews. All behavioral based on their leadership principles. It wasn't bad, just exhausted. They sent an email later saying I passed the interview, but couldn't give me an offer at the time. They said they would if the position opens up again *shrugs*
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2025
Interview
Interviewed by four people (non-team members) back-to-back, 45 minutes each. The team seemed positive and friendly. After months of waiting without a start date due to an inclined offer, I was eventually rejected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time...(all STAR stories with some follow-up questions)
Sourcing Recruiter applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sourcing Recruiter roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 29 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 Sourcing Recruiter according to 29 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 15%
Skills test: 9%
Drug test: 7%
Presentation: 6%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Other: 4%
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