I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Contacted by a director on LinkedIn and asked to send my resume to the recruiter if I'm interested in working for Amazon. The recruiter responded a week later saying the hiring team is interested in interviewing me. From there, I had to answer a few questions to confirm our goals align and was quickly moved into the process to a coordinator scheduling my interview with a senior financial analyst. The call was scheduled in the same week, and I had a good conversation with the interviewer. I was asked to provide a lot of details on the experiences listed on my resume. At the end of the call, I was told I'd get a second phone interview with HR "most likely." Not exactly sure what that meant at the moment, but got a response the next day saying that they decided not to move forward with my candidacy. It was a good experience nonetheless. I believe my background was not up to par to their senior analysts whom most have MBAs, and I could have given stronger examples during the call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If Amazon were to start a used book rental business, how would you price it?
I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2017
Interview
The interview has 2 parts, first part is a phone interview with the hiring manager. And if he/she likes you then you will get an onsite interview which is 4-5 hours long. But the nice part is that someone that's not one of the interviewers take you out to lunch.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Behavioral questions such as tell me a time that you help solve a complicated problem. Walk me through the steps that you took.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Phone interview was scheduled with one of the Finance leads of the team. It lasted nearly an hour with the most expected behavioral questions like describe a time when you didn't agree with your manager or dive deep into how did you manage a conflict, etc. Followed by a few financial questions like "take me through your standard financial model", and "how do you conduct sensitivity analysis".
The interview went really well (or at least I thought it did), but I never heard back from them. I guess, it wasn't me they were looking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you build a sensitivity matrix in your model?