I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jul 2015
Interview
Was Identified by a head hunter as potential candidate for Amazon. Attended a meet and great, and later scored a phone interview. All moved fast within days.
Interview was routine, bland, situational questions with very little feeback. Interviewer appeared to be "going through the motions" of the whole process. End the interview in about 20 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to address a performance issue with an employee?
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Jan 2015
Interview
There was a lot of follow up required with the HR for the round of interview, timings, date. They were not at all prompt. The interview was scheduled on a weekend. The interviewers were cold, too full of themselves, interruptive, lacked respect for the candidate. No arrangement for refreshment. No one met me to guide through the place. HR did not even meet me during the course of the interview
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Boston, MA) in Oct 2015
Interview
I applied online and was required to fill out a 30-minute pre-screen. I did fine and was moved to the in-person interview, which consisted of a math flow problem. There is a 15-minute timer to complete the math flow, in which it was taken to the interview for you to explain. There were 2 interview sessions, 45 minutes each, and aside from the math flow, they were all behavioral questions.
Because their behavioral questions are a bit difficult, word of advice: whenever possible, answer using metrics of some kind or referring to their 14 leadership principles. They'll love that. They're very leadership and quantitative-based.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was one way you were able to save cost?
Name a time you were able to put forth an idea of your own, and how it happened.
Describe a time you worked with someone difficult and how you resolved that.