I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in Dec 2011
Interview
Interviewer called me at the appointed time.It lasted 1 hour.Interview was for Dev manager position.I gave a chronological narration of all the projects that I had done in the last 12 years.He was more interested in the roles that I have managed teams.He said he will get back to me after about a couple of days.Probably he will, after holidays in Jan 2012.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
He asked me about how I had managed teams in some of the projects that I had worked as a lead
Pre-screening from their recruiter was not the best. Kept trying to lower my salary expectation. Their base salary is low compare to Google's. There were 4 rounds, 1 hour each round, with 4 different teams. Each round involves solving some technical questions. You spend half a day at their office.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Mar 2017
Interview
Phone interview only. Prior Amazon employee, so I also know the way they (used to) do in person interviews. The typical Amazon phone screen is super subjective ... they generally look for a variety of key words and then give feedback to the hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Focus in the phone interview was clearly whether I was a hands on developer still. Some dev managers are focused on people, understanding business, people management, understanding product, scrum/agile. Some are purely focused on how good a developer you are FIRST and the "manager" part second. Each has their pros and cons. I am no longer hands on and thus this was not a good fit.