I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2011
Interview
There were 2 phone interviews (one behavioral and one market selection case). HR seemed overworked with most emails going unanswered when you try to contact them prior to your interviews. As one other interviewee had indicated, the scheduling of the flights happened at the very last moment with no communication in-between leaving you clueless on if you will make it to Seattle that day or not. On site interviews were similar in nature to the phone interviews. The questions were very similar to what is already posted here (how would you go about bringing this product to market, how would you price this product etc). Nothing too difficult if you had prepared for case/behavioral questions. All interviewers except one were very friendly and the interviews were conducted very professionally. You are given sufficient time to ask any questions during each interview and all the folks seemed genuine in their replies. However, based on what I saw on interview day (and based on the number of people I ran into at the hotel), Amazon seems to interview an abnormally high number of folks on-site (even from top 5 b schools) for the product manager position and ding a lot of them. That seemed to indicate a total lack of respect for time for all involved.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you go about selecting a target market to launch this particular product
It had 6 rounds- heavily focussed on leadership principles. they really do cross question almost every other example.......... You get multiple interviewers across the organisation. I thought- the questions were repetitive after one point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mention a time when you could give the customer what they asked for ?
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2026
Interview
No HR screen; you answer those questions over email. You do a ridiculous project simulation where you answer emails. Paradoxically it’s interesting yet cheesy at the same time. Very unique but not that difficult. Then the first real interview. Rarely with the direct hiring manager; usually someone else in the org but not this direct team. So it’s useless to research the department. In fact, it’s better to prepare your strong STAR examples. They probe deep, which is fine. They heavily expect numbers. The more you can spout out random numbers (it’s okay, no one will verify) the better. The final round is more of the same — Just more STAR interviews, 2 per session, 4 sessions total. The people in this round are even more critical and harsh than the previous rounds. All done by people who have worked here for 5+ years and have never left — or if they did they came from another FANG company. So they’re all typically arrogant and jaded and negative or on the way to getting there. Finally they all have this weird verbal communication style where they just talk on and on like they expect you to interrupt them — but it’s an interview so you have to be polite can’t interrupt them. So like what the heck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A time you had to mediate a conflict between two stakeholders. A time you had to dig deep into the data.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
1. Initial Screening: It begins with a recruiter sync.
2. The "Loop": It's a 5-to-6-round panel interview focusing on deep technical skills, system design, leadership principles, or domain expertise depending on the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to take a risk or make a decision with incomplete information.
