I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxembourg) in Mar 2017
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter via LinkedIn. After sending my CV I was contacted my another recruiter coordinator to set up a Kenexa numerical reasoning test (30-45 min but has no time limitation).
After the test (never knew the result) I was contacted for a phone interview of 45 min with 2-3 behavior questions linked with the Amazon 14 Leadership principles.
Afterward, I did on site on the same day + 4 behavior interviews of 45 min each (in a row).
The day after the interviews I've received an email confirming they wanted to make me an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell about a situation you making a project much bigger that it was initially expected.
Tell about a situation where you created something (your own idea).
Tell me about a situation you challenged your boss decision
Tell about a project you failed and what you would do differently
Tell about a time you managed a complicated situation with your team and did you solved it
Interview process is challenging but expected as everything you need to know is available online. They will schedule you with 4 employees from the team or organization you will work with and 1 completely separated from your organization as a "bar raiser". No need to work to impress one specific person, know 12-14 differentiated STAR formatted stories by memory.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to sacrifice short-term gain for long-term success. What did you do? What was the outcome?
3 loops of 45 min interviews with people from different teams I would work together with if I get hired, Standard behavioral questions, 3 to 4 per interview and a few follow-up questions to each answers, follow-up styles differ by the interviewer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you created a metric to identify a need for change.
Not great. Very first interview had no proper introduction to the role and was not with HR, interviewee went straight into a case study within 5 minutes. Didn't seem interested in my actual work background.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one difficult thing you've experienced and overcome?