Sr. Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 4.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sr. Product Manager roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Sr. Product Manager according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Background check: 50%
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Phone screen with recruiter, 45 mins phone interview with the hiring manager. The interview was very rigid. The hiring manager has a set number of questions, went through them one by one and left barely a few minutes for questions. It was unnatural. The challenge is fitting your response into the questions in a way that would seem relevant to the job and do so on the fly. It's tough.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you had to pivot your approach/solution.
The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Canton, MI)
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I came across the post by hiring manager on LinkedIn . In my outreach to hiring manager I articulated my background and interests. Hiring manager agreed to speak with me on phone discussion my role , background and suggested me to apply online and use any referrals if an option is available to me. It took around 4 weeks since my application submission for recruiters outreach. Afterwards the process was pretty straightforward and we moved to loop interview in 2 weeks after first outreach. It
During my loop interview one panelists barely made any eye contact with me and was busy typing in the notes. I guess it’s difficult these days in virtual environment.
Entire questions revolved around leadership principles. One mistake I did was didn’t ask the recruiter any particular set of principles which weigh heavily in this role.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2021
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Der Prozess bei Amazon ist sehr professionell und transparent. Auf der Careers website kann bekommt man sämtliche Informationen die notwendig sind zur Vorbereitung.
Das Verfahren hatte drei Schritte:
1. Call mit Hiring Manager
2. Written Assignment
3. Assessment Day (4 Interviews)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a situation where your boss had a different opinion on how to proceed on a topic than you, but both of you wanted to achieve the same result. How did you deal with it and what was the outcome?