# Amazon E-commerce

- Link: https://yboptotech.com/amazon-e-commerce-2/
- Published: 2019-12-22T05:10:54+08:00
- Author: webadmin

Amazon.com is a Fortune 500 e-commerce company based in Seattle, Washington, and
has the distinction of being one of the first large companies to sell goods over
the internet. In 1994, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon, which launched the following year.
If you’re of a particular age, you likely remember that Amazon started out as an
online bookstore and then quickly diversified by adding other items, including DVDs,
music, video games, electronics, and clothing.

![Amazon](https://yboptotech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Amazon.png)

In 1999, just five years after he started Amazon, Jeff Bezos was named Time magazine’s“
Person of the Year.” He received the honor largely because of the company’s success
in popularizing online shopping.

### Corporate Culture

Amazon.com considers itself a completely customer-centric company, believing that
if it doesn’t listen to customers, it will fail. Amazon has stated that it wants
to take advantage of any opportunity that presents itself to the company during 
a time of unprecedented technological revolution.

According to Amazon’s [website](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/about-amazon),
Bezos sketched on a napkin a small graphic illustrating the company’s culture. It
shows how growth leads to lower costs, which leads to lower prices, which leads 
to better selection—and everything points to a better customer experience.

### Interviews

Amazon describes its interview process as “[peculiar](https://blog.aboutamazon.com/working-at-amazon/whats-it-like-to-interview-at-amazon),”
but it does offer an online guide to help job candidates through the process. Two
key elements that are a part of the process are discussions about failures and a
writing sample.

Review the [FAQ](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/online-application) page
on Amazon’s job site to find out all of the relevant details about how to apply 
for opportunities with the online retailer.

Failures are important to explore, according to Amazon’s jobs site, because many
successful projects are built from previous failures. Those doing interviews at 
Amazon want to hear candidates talk about some of their own failures and how they
did or could turn them into something positive.

The writing sample is important because Amazon emphasizes what it calls narrative
memos as opposed to presentations through PowerPoint or other similar programs. 
Employees should be able to explain through engaging prose what a proposal entails
and how it should be executed.