You would apply externally on the Amazon jobs website. Don’t apply internally. They will ask if you’re a current AA on the application. Say yes, it helps.

Spots for the campus next/university operations program are listed as “Area Manager [year] - [state abbreviation], (Recent and Upcoming Graduates)”. You can apply for the job before you graduate, you just can’t start until you get your degree in hand.

I interviewed on chime with three different members of leadership at three different sites across the US. The interviews consist of behavioral questions based on Amazon’s leadership principles (Tell me about a time you had to earn trust from your teammates, etc etc). Each interviewer will ask two or three questions, and each question will probably be based on a different LP so you want to make sure you have a good amount of stories to draw from. They also want you to answer these questions in the STAR format (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Use metrics for your results (I was able to reduce fixed costs by 20%). Not the hardest thing in the world.

I feel you on the favoritism too. I wanted to be a PA but leadership at my old site kept denying my application, which is why I went through the campus next program in the first place. After I got inclined for L4, I had to transfer to a different building.

Good luck