I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2015
Interview
Applied online and received an email from HR within two days to set up a phone interview. The phone interview was one week later. Two weeks after the phone interview I received an email from HR saying they decided to go with other candidates.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Fremont, CA) in Jun 2011
Interview
I was asked for a phone interview and was asked different questions varying from databases to programming and algorithms. The interviewer also asked about my school, my technical skills. My interview started with a database question which I was able to answer well. Later I was asked about the complexity of search algorithms.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked about the binary search algorithms, problem solving questions and some questions related to programming
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Orlando, FL) in Jun 2015
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter first through email. After a phone call with the recruiter, he put me in touch with Amazon's recruiting department. Through them, I set up an hour long phone interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked about my background as well as a few technical questions. One technical question related to binary trees that had to be solved using CodePair. A quick question related to scalability. Finally, I was given a few minutes to ask the interviewer some questions. I asked about Amazon's culture and what it was like to work for them, and asked a little bit about the consumables division.