I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2011
Interview
got an email after about 5 months of application submission. set up a phone interview. simple conceptual question mostly related to data structure. had a coding part. selected for second phone interview. this time with a different person. could not get through the second phone screening. overall a very nice interview experience
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Cape Town) in Oct 2011
Interview
Prior:
The Cape Town offices of Amazon deal mainly with their Electronic Compute Cloud (EC2) product.
I emailed my CV and was granted a telephonic interview.
Telephonic Interview:
The interview was conducted by the software development manager.
I was asked about projects that I worked on and my roles within them.
I was also asked why I want to work for Amazon.
Questions regarding cloud computing then followed.
Lastly I was asked to explain JavaScript.
Post Interview:
I was informed 2 days later that they did not wish to take my application further.