Shift Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Shift Manager roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Shift Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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I had an brief interview after I met the Amazon recruitment team at a career fair. Then I had a phone interview, that lasted about a half hour. I was then asked to come to Seattle and interview with 4 different interviewers. When I arrived I was in a waiting room with 10 other people interviewing for the same role. We were all brought into a conference room and met with some one from HR. She handed out a math problem that we needed to solve in 15 minutes and that we would have to present and walk an interviewer through during our interviews.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Los Angeles, CA) in Feb 2016
Interview
After receiving the information about my phone interview from an HR Coordinator, I waited patiently near my phone on the day of the interview expecting a phone call from the Shift Manager who was suppose to be interviewing me. To my surprise, I received no phone call or email with an update which I found extremely unprofessional. The next day I emailed the HR Coordinator explaining what happened and a phone interview was rescheduled. I interviewed with a Shift Manager who was not very enthusiastic and seemed like he was in a rush to get back to work the whole time. Although I felt that I gave good answers using the STAR method, I was not surprised to find out that I wasn't moving forward because I didn't get a very good vibe from the person interviewing me. Amazon should do a much better job with the way they structure their interview process. It seems like moving forward in the interview process is strongly dependent on the mood and personality of your interviewer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult employee and what steps did you take to correct his/her behavior?
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Boston, MA) in Apr 2015
Interview
Initial contact with recruiter took place in mid-January, followed by a phone screen at the end of February and then I wasn't contacted until early April for the in person interviews. I was flown out to Boston for the interviews and everything was paid for. I was interviewed by 3 operations managers and 1 HR manager and each interview session was slotted for 30 minutes, but only two actually lasted the full length. Interview questions were generally all STAR questions and weren't terribly difficult to answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you were leading a group, were assigned a goal and did not reach it.