I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (DC Ranch, AZ) in Feb 2020
Interview
Very quick (2 month start to finish). Phone screen and virtual loop. All the information is public on their website. I would suggest studying the Leadership Principals and committing them to memory.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I signed an NDA so I can't comment, just study the LPs
Had to redline a contract, after I passed, I spoke to a recruiter, and was set up for a full day interview. The team was nice and seems really close knit
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2019
Interview
The first part consisted of a preliminary phone screen with an HR representative and a member of the team to which you're applying, asking basic questions about your current role (if you have one) and what you're looking for at Amazon.
If you pass the screening, a several-hour interview "loop" is scheduled shortly thereafter. Before the interview, you must complete a writing sample which assess if you can follow directions, interpret ambiguities, and complete tasks in a certain amount of time. The interview consists of five, 45-minute conversations with various employees in different roles on the prospective team for which you are applying. One of those interviewers is the hiring manager for the role and another is a "bar-raiser" who is an experienced Amazon interviewer and knows what to listen for.
After the interview you will receive an offer or not within five business days, no later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All questions are based around the 14 Leadership Principles:
*Customer Obsession
*Ownership
*Invent and Simplify
*Are Right, A Lot
*Learn and Be Curious
*Hire and Develop the Best
*Insist on the Highest Standards
*Think Big
*Bias for Action
*Frugality
*Earn Trust
*Dive Deep
*Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit
*Deliver Results
And how you can translate your current accomplishments into these ideals.
Interviewers also frame answers through the STAR method, so it helps if you can lay out your responses in terms of:
S - Situation: what were the details surrounding this story?
T - Task: what needed to get done?
A - Action: what did you specifically do to achieve the task?
R - Result: what was the final deliverable?