I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Herndon, VA)
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter about an open Cloud Support Engineer position at Amazon (technically, AWS in Herndon, VA). I was told from the outset that it would be an intense interview process, consisting of 4-6 phone interviews, followed by at least 2 in-person interviews. I made it past the first phone interview, answering most of the questions the interviewer asked. I wasn't thrilled with how it went, so was a bit surprised when the call came to schedule the second phone interview. That interview (I felt) went better than the first, but when I got the follow-up call, I was told that they decided to pursue a different candidate. Overall it was a very professional process and I have no complaints about it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Not overly difficult, but the recruiter asked about managing WAN links, which is where my skills fell short of their requirements (I think).
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Plano, TX) in Sep 2013
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn. Did one phone screen on technical aspects of the job and then was brought onsite for a "Hiring Event" where I was sat down for 4 hours as multiple people came into the room and asked me questions. The interviews ranged from technical to soft skills and all were used to gauge your personality versus the leadership principles that Amazon structure's it's business around.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most were simple discovery questions that were used to look at you and your troubleshooting process.