Business & Management
Amazon has a four-stage selection process and looks for applicants with at least three Grade C’s at A-level. “Candidates submit their CV first and then have a video interview and do a gamified test, to show us what they know and what they want to do. It’s designed to test whether Amazon is the right fit for you,” Shah explains. “Those that pass these stages are invited to the online assessment centre, which runs for approximately half a day. This includes a group activity, a
Amazon, the global e-commerce company, currently offers more than a dozen different degree apprenticeship in the UK, including its popular project management programme. “The project management degree apprenticeship teaches you how to administer projects, collaborate with stakeholders, work within budgets and how to prioritise things,” explains Shri Shah, a senior programme manager for apprenticeships at Amazon. “The apprenticeship has gone from
Amazon offers more than a dozen different degree apprenticeship programmes
presentation or case study, and two interviews with different interviewers,” she continues. The apprenticeship is divided into individual study modules that last
just two apprentices in 2021 to an intake of over 60 apprentices this year. It’s one of our fastest-growing programmes.” Amazon employs apprentices
around 12 weeks. “Each of those has four in-person group classes in our London offices or at university, with additional online sessions each week too,” Shah says. “While an apprenticeship doesn’t guarantee you a job, it does provide you with great workplace experience and a qualification to set you up for success,” reassures Shah. “But so far, over 85% of our apprentices who have completed degree apprenticeships have stayed on at Amazon in permanent roles.”
countrywide but many of its project management degree apprentices are based in the London area or in Manchester, Cambridge or Bristol. “We are a huge, highly-innovative company, we’re not just the delivery vans and boxes to your door that everybody knows,” says Shah. “It’s the enormous blue warehouse buildings, Prime Video, our fashion business, IMDB, tech products, even jewellery and fresh food. Our apprentices are exposed to so many exciting projects.”
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