I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England) in Feb 2011
Interview
I was interviewed 12 times including the phone interview. Mainly competency based questions. I had to complete 2 tests online, 1 test as part of an interview and complete a presentation. It was a lengthy process, but provided a greater insight into the company as the interviewers were from a variety of departments and functions. Worth it in the end!
Interview process is challenging but expected as everything you need to know is available online. They will schedule you with 4 employees from the team or organization you will work with and 1 completely separated from your organization as a "bar raiser". No need to work to impress one specific person, know 12-14 differentiated STAR formatted stories by memory.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to sacrifice short-term gain for long-term success. What did you do? What was the outcome?
3 loops of 45 min interviews with people from different teams I would work together with if I get hired, Standard behavioral questions, 3 to 4 per interview and a few follow-up questions to each answers, follow-up styles differ by the interviewer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you created a metric to identify a need for change.
Not great. Very first interview had no proper introduction to the role and was not with HR, interviewee went straight into a case study within 5 minutes. Didn't seem interested in my actual work background.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one difficult thing you've experienced and overcome?
