I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2013
Interview
contacted by a recruiter, phone screen first, phone interview with recruiter second, in-person on-site interview last. Questions were very in-depth, and the interviewers were very engaged the conversation to dive deep into your response. Was notified of inclination to hire within 3 days.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Dallas, TX) in Oct 2013
Interview
3 Rounds of interviews. Phone screen, phone interview and then in person interview with 4 different managers. Questions are all situation based. Have high level answered prepared. I heard back within 2 weeks with a job offer within 2 weeks.
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Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to ask "why" 8 times before you got an answer.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2015
Interview
Two recruiter calls. Typical stuff, very nice lady. I could not get the most basic comp plan or OTE information out of her. She just kept saying "you will be very pleased with the salary and signing bonus." I thought this was odd because recruiters usually want to know if both parties are within the right earnings range before proceeding.
She then gave me a "homework assignment" and I almost fell out of my chair. I have +20 years in enterprise SaaS sales... but I figured I would play along to try and learn something.
She gave me a full page case-study outline asking me to find and locate a local enterprise that was not currently selling product through amazon and to write up a target account analysis and sales plan. I estimated this at easily be 4-8 hours of work for the "chance" to get a job where the salary is unknown.
Of course I backed out not wanting to do target account analysis work for free. I did however, offer to invoice them at $250 per hour if I did not get the job. She did not think that was funny. (i did)