I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Lansing, MI) in Oct 2017
Interview
The interview was focus more on applied econometric case studies and behavioral questions. In the case studies, the interviewer described business problems they have worked on at Amazon and asked me to walk through an applied econometric approach to address the problem using available data.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you sacrificed short-term benefits for long term value
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Phila, PA) in Oct 2017
Interview
I applied online and received a phone interview within two weeks. The interviewer asked one behavioral question at the beginning and moved to the case question. He did not ask about my own research. Soon after the interview, I was told by the recruiter that I did not make to the next round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you estimate the demand elasticity of a product?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I applied online, initial phone interview with mostly technical questions, on-site interview, two economists, one manager, one senior manager, one software engineer. half technical questions and half behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
one question is about a specific modeling question, and the interviewer was expecting me to use instrumental variable, but my mind was thinking about all those more complicated models. did not get that one!