Phone screen with HR followed by a phone interview with the hiring manager, then an Amazon "loop" with five interviews in two days (all remote). The loop interviews are highly structured and you need to use Amazon's STAR format to describe examples of your work experience. HR provides some coaching on this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you used data to make a decision.
three rounds, first with an HR rep, then a producer, then an EP. Straightforward questions about my podcasting experience and what I thought of the show, ways I would improve the show and where I see it going in the future. Friendly enough people, good environment
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Wondery in May 2025
Interview
The interview process is unnecessarily long and arduous. All starting with requesting an assessment that took hours that did not accurately assess the job responsibilities.
Multiple HR conversations were included to prepare for the interviews to be done specifically in Amazon's style and then a total of 7x interviews. First round was with HR (which required a 2+ hour assessment to complete in order to move forward), then the interview with the hiring manager, then another HR interview and then the "final" round - but that was 5x hour long interviews with questions that align with their 12 pillars where you were asked to provide an example for EACH pillar. They also tell you not to use the same examples, so you need 12x individual examples.
All of this for a job that I did not end up getting. Complete waste of time, effort and energy. Even if I were to have gotten the job, it still isn't worth the time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was one time that you had to deal with ambiguity?