I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Amazon had come to my campus this year for a software development profile. The interview process was conducted very smoothly and quickly (in one day). 1 online test was conducted (1hr) as the first round. The test had apptitude based questions, C/C++ and 2 coding questions.Interviews were conducted soon after. Interviewers were very calm, helped a lot. Scalable code is the key.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Backracking & Dynamic Programming along with codes for certain questions
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2014
Interview
Direct on-site interview with Amazon. A live project to be implemented within the end of the day.
A couple of Amazon engineers were assigned to go through the process and for 1:1 interview based on the progress with the assigned project.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was only one Project task assigned, no other questions were asked
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in May 2010
Interview
1 Phone round + 4 face to face interview. No HR rounds. All rounds have coding or design questions. You had to write a working code on paper. Pseudo code will not do. Experienced interviewers would ask fairly easy questions. The inexperienced would go for a typical algorithm questions. There are no stress interviews.