I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Virginia Beach, VA) in Apr 2013
Interview
Applied thru a referral and got an interview request the very next day. Setup an interview a week later. First round of interview was over phone, supposed to be 1 hour long but the interviewer seemed to be in a hurry and ended the call in 30 min. Be prepared to answer questions on coding oops/C++, technical product you build from scratch, data structures and networking
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Amazon, design an algorithm to rearrange numbers in a sequency, time complexity of the algorithm
First round - Hiring manager screening; covers leadership principles important for the job
Final round - 5 interviews with writing assessment; each round covers around 3 leadership principles; all interviews are behavioral
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions related to leadership principles listen on Amazon website; e.g., how to handle a difficult customer
Split in to several stages. (1) Phone screen. (2) Skill test at home. (3) Behaviour based interview questions. You meet people in your prospective team. Behaviour based interview questions. Can you tell me about a time when you did x, y or z to get a result.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behaviour based interview questions. Can you tell me about a time when you did x, y or z to get a result. What obstacles did you overcome. Looking back, what would you have done differently.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Phone interview followed by in person day of interviews. Everyone was very friendly and range of technical, behavioral and product questions. Could tell who the bar raiser was who asked a design question around building an app.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a mobile app to track scores and send notifications.
