Amazon Account Executive interview experience: unannounced Excel task

AmazonAccount Executive · Jun 2026

A recruiter contacted me about a different account-management role. The email said the interview would be competency based and focused on Amazon Leadership Principles. There was not supposed to be an HR prescreen, and the confirmation did not suggest a complicated set of materials. On the day, the format changed in a frustrating way. I was suddenly given an Excel-sheet task without advance notice…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jun 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.