Recruitment & Selection

Amazon’s Recruitment & Selection Process:

• After employment lapses during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Amazon tried attracting new employees by emphasizing a pledge to become “Earth’s best employer”, according to the article “Inside Amazon’s Worst Human Resource Problem”

• Amazon was so desperate for employees during the Pandemic, recruitment and selection processes for Amazon during this time consisted of quic online screenings and algorithms making the decisions on who was being hired, for some, no resumes or job experience was required  

• Puts emphasis on hiring and recruiting women and underrepresented racial/ethnic minorities, according to their website

• Some examples of their recruitment and selection process listed on their website under “How we hire and acquire the best talent at Amazon” include, hosting hiring fairs and career enrichment summits, recruiting from diverse colleges and universities, and bringing college students to Amazon campuses for different programs that they put on. 

• According to Amazon’s website under “Interview at Amazon”, the interview process consists of an online application, online assessments, phone interview, and in-person interview.

• Assessments consist of questions that establish a candidate's work-style preference and work-sample simulations where candidates are asked to perform specific tasks related to a certain position.