I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Indianapolis, IN) in Sep 2015
Interview
I walked into the staffing agency to inquire about open positions with Amazon at any of their facilities. They did a short 30 minute interview to review my background experience, skills, education, and work capabilities. Interviewer was very open and friendly. There was a lot of people there looking for work and it took a long time until my time. They asked a lot of valid questions regarding both my experience as well as specific details regarding the work responsibilities. They could not guarantee full time employment. They would only commit to hiring seasonal employment for the holidays.
No interview at all, you go into the hiring center, take your drug test, fill out some preliminary paperwork, verify the building and schedule you want, your start date and that's it.
Not too bad pretty easy and straightforward, simple question surrounding handling and moving. Make sure you know basic safety rules as they will ask you, for example how do you carry heavy items.
Apply online, go to the on-site office for oral drug swab and ID picture. Start date is assigned once background check comes back. The actual start date will depend on how fast the check comes back but isn't normally delayed.
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