I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Austin, TX) in Aug 2014
Interview
Telephone interview with hiring manager after initial phone screening with Amazon HR talent scout. Conversational and friendly, without a lot of grilling like a Google interview. A talent scout found me via LinkedIn, and then called to see if I would be willing to chat about opportunities at Amazon. I spoke with the talent scout, indicated great respect but only lukewarm interest if a relocation was required, but still agreed to talk to a hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were very open ended, essentially asking "what do you know about us, this market, and how to succeed in it." This led to a thirty minute conversation in which I simply described the state of the market and the forces buffeting Amazon and the rest of the competitive landscape. It was simply an open-ended opportunity for me to say what I knew about the space and how to help their business progress.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Washington, DC) in May 2015
Interview
Normal behavioral-type interviews with mini cases tacked onto the end. They asked about times when I succeeded and when I failed. They were also interested in when I leveraged customer insights/data to drive an improvement. ONe thing to note - when asked about what makes the work itself fun (not things like food and games) they answered, "we hire young people and we have happy hours." NOT the thing to say to a middle aged person who doesn't drink. I also learned that they push people to the point of failure, and everyone competes with everyone for precious resources to launch their idea - managers included. No thank you to this toxic environment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nearly every question they asked can be found in these posts. Think about how you would solve a problem that doesn't have an easy solution.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Started with the basic phone interview, followed by a phone interview with the hiring manager. Finally, there was an onsite interview that consisted of 6 interviews each lasting about 45-50minutes. The onsite interview was all situational. The interviewers have a preset list of questions and type away rarely engaging except to ask a follow-up from the computer.