Can You Answer These Interview Questions to Land a Job at Amazon?
Oct 23, 2013 00:16
You can find nearly everything on Amazon. It's the world's largest online retailer, and plenty of people want to work there. But to land a job with the company that sells things from books to soaps, you first need to answer these thought-provoking questions asked by the company.
How do you think you would answer some of these inquiries?
1. "Do you know our CEO? How do you pronounce his name?"
2. "How would you solve problems if you were from Mars?"
3. "Tell the story of the last time you had to apologize to someone."
4. "What is the most difficult situation you have ever faced in your life? How did you handle it?"
5. "Walk me through how Amazon Kindle books would be priced."
6. "Who was your most difficult customer?"
7. "What is the angle between the hour hand and minute hand in an analog clock?"
8. "You are Amazon and Samsung offers you 10,000 Samsung Galaxy S3s at a 34% discount. Is that a good deal?"
9. "What is the worst mistake you ever made?"
10. "What would you do if you found out that your closest friend at work was stealing?"
11. "If your direct manager was instructing you to do something you disagreed with, how would you handle it?"
12. "Describe what Human Resource means to you."
13. "How do you detect whether or not a word is a palindrome?"
14. "Here's a string with numbers from 1-250 in random order, but it's missing one number. How will you find the missed number?"
15. "Are you willing to work on your feet for ten hours, four days a week?"
16. "Do you think you'll reach a point where you storm off the floor and never return?"
17. "What would you do if you saw someone being unsafe at work?"
18. "What would you do if somehow you misdirected 10,000 units of something?"
19. "How would you tell a customer what Wi-Fi is?"
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