I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Phoenix, AZ) in Feb 2011
Interview
The phone interview was straight forward and lasted about 45 mins to 1 hr. Basic questions of the behavioral variety. Overall the screener was very nice and made you feel comfortable.
The panel interview took about 5 hours for the whole thing. It was broken down into a math problem and then meeting with 3 different groups and/or individuals. You also had to send in ahead of time an answer to 4 different scenarios which you discussed during the panel review.
This interview was not comfortable and was designed to be a stressful interview to see if you can handle it. The interviewers would throw curve balls in the questions to see what you would do.
Most all the time they all kept saying that this place is stressful and "Amazon owns your soul" for 3 months of the year. Definitely they were trying to scare most people off.
Did not get an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The math problem was the most difficult if you are not used to algebra type word problems. I am assuming that none of the people interviewing do this kind of thing on a daily basis.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Stamford, CT)
Interview
Extremely unprofessional in my opinion. Talked to 3 different people, all of whom were wearing old sweatshirts and not looking at the camera. As I was sitting on zoom in a suit jacket, did not feel at all a place I would be valued at.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Conflict between coworkers, how would you approach resolving?
All virtual. STAR interview questions (situation task action result). Think of examples of tough situations you had to deal with. I think I had 2 or 3 interviews before I got an offer. Pretty smooth process overall.
or an Amazon Level 4 (L4) Area Manager phone interview, you will face 2 to 3 main behavioral questions, alongside a highly possible operational math screening question. Because L4 is typically an entry-level management role (often targeted at recent college graduates or individuals with early-stage leadership experience), the focus shifts heavily toward potential, basic problem-solving, and your ability to lead groups of people
