I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2011
Interview
So far had two phone interviews. Both interviews were on the same day.
First Interview:
1. General OOP questions.
2. Find nth last element in a single linked list.
3. pow(m,n). Asked to code this. Need to handle overflow cases.
Second Interview:
1. Design question: Parking Lot
2. Find all non- duplicate pairs that sum to n.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Jul 2011
Interview
They came to my campus and it had 1 written test and 3 coding rounds . The coding round is full of algorithms and they asked me to write code for each and every question and they analysed my thought process.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2011
Interview
Contacted through email by recruiter for recent college graduates. Called for onsite interview. There were approx 15 candidates called for that day all expenses paid trip to Seattle.
First one hour discussions, all interviewers mingled with us over lunch giving opportunity to ask various questions about their exp in amazon and work they do etc..
then 4 rounds of 1-1 inteview 45 min each with standard algorithm/problem questions. Interviewers were very nice and friendly and knew what they are looking for.
Overall, a very good experience.