I applied through university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2011
Interview
Applied through my university career site and got a call from Amazon within 2 weeks. First telephonic interview lasted for roughly an hour and I was asked various questions involving Data Structures and Algorithms. Finally I was given the task of implementing and Binary Search Tree (involve all BST operations) and mailing the code of the amazon recruiter.
I cleared the first round and then second telephonic interview was schedule which lasted for hardly 15min (I suppose the recruiter did not like me at all :-|), and then within 48hrs I got rejection email from Amazon.
Good luck to all those applying for job.
ps: Data structures and Algorithms are two very important topics as far as the interview is concerned. Also, go over 'Hash Maps'. Amazon recruiters will certainly ask one question on hash maps.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Implement a BST (involving all operations) and mail the code by the end of the day.
It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.
Um teste de código online, se aprovado, vai para o loop. O loop é 4 entrevistas seguidas, duas em inglês e duas em português. 3 entrevistas técnicas de código, todas as 4 têm pergunta de liderança.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pergunta historicas baseada nos principios de lideranca da amazon.
The whole process stretched over nearly a month, longer than I anticipated. After an initial phone screen, I faced a technical round that included a Min Stack implementation question. We discussed design considerations and thread safety, which threw me for a bit. Fortunately, I remembered a specific mock interview I practiced on PracHub that mirrored this scenario closely, making me feel more at ease. Ultimately, I received an offer, but I chose to decline due to the company culture not feeling like the right fit.