I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2014
Interview
I talked to a company representative at my school's career fair, and handed in my application. I heard back from Amazon about four weeks later saying I had been selected for interview. There were two 45 minute interviews both with all technical questions. There was nothing asked about my previous work experience/project experience. The decision was made about three days later. Both of my interviewers were very nice and very informative.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were questions on Binary search trees, hash maps/tables/functions, complexity, recursion and other data structures.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2013
Interview
Applied online. Contacted in 2 weeks. Had 2 back to back phone interviews each lasting 45 minutes each. Talked to two software developers. Questions regarded data structures, algorithms, and problem solving. Heard back two weeks later with an offer. It was my best offer so far so I accepted it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function that determines the longest palindrome in a given string.