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- What would you improve about Amazon? - Situation in which you changed somebody's mind (a colleague) - Time in which you not only matched expectations but exceeded them - Time you convinced your superior to change his or her mind - Best e-commerce experience - Would you change anything about today? - What do you do to focus on a task? Etc. Mostly competency based questions followed by more questions such as "what was the outcome?", "how did you tell him/her?", "what did you learn from it?", "how did you reach that conclusion?" ... Also two small cases related to the job, which I had to "solve" together with the interviewer, brainstorming.
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Vendor Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Nov 3, 2017

- What would you improve about Amazon? - Situation in which you changed somebody's mind (a colleague) - Time in which you not only matched expectations but exceeded them - Time you convinced your superior to change his or her mind - Best e-commerce experience - Would you change anything about today? - What do you do to focus on a task? Etc. Mostly competency based questions followed by more questions such as "what was the outcome?", "how did you tell him/her?", "what did you learn from it?", "how did you reach that conclusion?" ... Also two small cases related to the job, which I had to "solve" together with the interviewer, brainstorming.

One of your vendors typically sells you a widget for $100, but is offering a discount of $80/widget when you buy 500 all at once. Would you accept the deal and what would be the process behind your decision?
Nov 15, 2013

One of your vendors typically sells you a widget for $100, but is offering a discount of $80/widget when you buy 500 all at once. Would you accept the deal and what would be the process behind your decision?

Why was useful to create a better environment inside your team? Use metrics, how can you measure that numerically? (by the way the answer: "By creating a sense of ownership and team work that gave the company better results thru the following years" is not a valid answer them)
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Senior Vendor Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Aug 29, 2014

Why was useful to create a better environment inside your team? Use metrics, how can you measure that numerically? (by the way the answer: "By creating a sense of ownership and team work that gave the company better results thru the following years" is not a valid answer them)

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