Amazon Maintenance Technician Test Preparation - Refresh Mechanical Knowledge to Pass with Ease

What's on this page:

• What Is the Amazon Maintenance Technician Test?
• Amazon Ramsay Sample Questions
• Wiesen Sample Questions
• Test Administration
• How to Prepare for the Amazon Maintenance Test?
• Amazon Maintenance Technician/RME Interview
• Other Amazon Maintenance Tests
• FAQs

The Amazon Maintenance Technician Test is conducted by Amazon as part of the hiring process for the maintenance technician and RME tech positions.

Therefore, it is also sometimes called the Amazon RME Maintenance Technician Test.  It assesses understanding and knowledge of mechanical and electrical concepts, using multiple-choice questions.

The test you receive may be one of the three following assessments: 

Check your test invitation to choose which of these tests to practice, as it should state the duration of the exam. 

Other maintenance positions on Amazon take other tests, such as a PLC Test, the Control Systems Tech/Lead Assessment, or the Mechatronics and Robotics Apprenticeship Assessment.

The Amazon mechanical skills and Wiesen test, on the other hand, assess a more theoretical understanding of these topics and the ability to learn how to use and maintain equipment and machinery based on it. 

The Ramsay Amazon test is a unique variation of the well-known Ramsay Mechanical Test, an above-journey-level test covering a wide range of professional topics in the domains of maintenance, mechanics, and electricity.

Here are some questions adapted from the actual Amazon Ramsay Assessment:

More Amazon Ramsay Test sample questions and answers

For a broader perspective on Ramsay technician questions, here's an overview and tutorial video: 

Wiesen test questions are likely to appear on the Amazon RME test. RME test questions deal mainly with the following topics:

• Fluids
• Optics, Acoustics and Thermodynamics
• Force and Torque - Levers
• Force and Torque - Equilibrium
• Velocity - Acceleration and Gravity
• Velocity - Rotation
• Pulleys
• Wheels
• Gears
• Electricity 

For example: 

Questions on this test often incorporate everyday objects like furniture, home appliances, and working tools.

Although helpful in many cases, that strategy also tends to create a false feeling of familiarity among test-takers, who give an intuition-based answer and often go wrong.

For example, try the following Wiesen test sample question:

To ensure you are confident when answering any physical and mechanical problem presented in the test, it is highly recommended to refresh basic concepts and practice these kinds of questions. 

 For additional practice, check out our comprehensive Free Aptitude Tests Page. 

After passing the resume stage, you will receive an email from Amazon, requesting you to schedule the Amazon Maintenance Technician Assessment or the Amazon RME Assessment within the next five days.

The scheduling process is done with a third part company named ADIA. They will normally contact you within 24 hours of the initial email by Amazon.

Here’s what you’ll need for the test:

• A Computer (the test cannot be taken on mobile devices)
• A web camera
• Microphone
• Headphones / speakers
• A government-issued photo ID

During the test, you will be allowed to use some scratch paper and a pen, and a non-scientific, on-screen calculator implemented in the test interface.

ADIA is the company responsible for scheduling and proctoring your test with Amazon. It is NOT the test provider, which is Ramsay Corporation.

Once you log into the testing systems through ADIA’s secured server, A human supervisor will view both your screen and you in person throughout the entire test.

Here are the three top tips for passing your Amazon Maintenance Tech Test:

You will have only five days to prepare. Focus on the big topics first to maximize your score.

As you have seen on the test topic list, three sub-topics constitute nearly 65% of the test questions:

• Power Transmission and Preventive Maintenance
• Electrical Theory and Control Circuits
• Test Instruments

Given the very short time you have to prepare, and considering the vast scope of the test material, you must focus on the larger areas first.

Set some time to refresh your memory on basic topics – Ohm’s law, circuit analysis, etc.

Every now and again, the Amazon Maintenance Test will present you with low-hanging fruit – a really basic question about topics such as Ohm’s law, parallel and series circuits, basic math, etc.

These are precious test points you cannot afford yourself to lose!

There is also a theory going around that Amazon uses these simple questions as an “absolute threshold” and failing them will get you instantly disqualified.

I don’t know if that is the case, but definitely wouldn’t want to find out…

Whenever you study a practice question, try to think of ways this knowledge could be helpful in the case of troubleshooting, as Amazon is particularly fond of this topic.

The maintenance technician’s job is, basically, to troubleshoot. You will be expected to be able to locate and solve mechanical and electrical problems in a wide variety of mechanisms.

As such, Amazon incorporates troubleshooting questions into each and every one of the test sections. Always consider the things you have learned in a “troubleshooting” context as well.

If you have successfully passed the Amazon maintenance tech test, you will be contacted by an Amazon recruiter to schedule an interview.

As in all of its positions, the interview of maintenance technicians focuses on two fundamental concepts:

According to Amazon, their leadership principles aim to set a standard for all Amazon workers. They constitute the norms and behaviors expected from Amazon employees.

The S.T.A.R method stands for Situation/Task, Action, Results.

As such, each of Amazon’s interview questions will follow this format, which they state quite clearly:

1. Describe a SITUATION at work from your past experience.
2. What actions did you take?
3. What were the results of your action and how were they measured?

Learn more about the S.T.A.R method.

Amazon is a great fan of assessments for its hiring process and has a very specific set of tests for its maintenance jobs. Here is a list of the most popular ones:

Amazon Control Systems Tech/Lead Assessment

This test is conducted to control systems technicians and team leads in Amazon. With 8 categories overall, it focuses much more on electronics, PLC, and controls than the Amazon Maintenance Technician Test.

Amazon Mechatronics and Robotics Apprentice Skills Battery

The Amazon Mechatronics and Robotics Apprenticeship (MRA) Assessment is also conducted by Ramsay. It is a 52-question test that contains 48 questions on four topics:

• Reading - 24 questions in 24 minutes
• Arithmetic -20 questions in 30 minutes
• Print Reading and Measurement - 20 questions in 20 minutes
• Multicraft Principles and Troubleshooting - 20 questions in 30 minutes

Did not find the test you are looking for? Check out the complete guide for Amazon Assessments.

There are a few third-party companies, such as JLL, CBRE, and C&W, that provide recruitment services to Amazon. These companies also use the Amazon Ramsay test to screen candidates for various maintenance roles at Amazon.

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