Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2011
Interview
got 2 phone interviews from amazon. The interviewer asked why choose amazon and how you will contribute to amazon. The interviewers are polite and nice.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2011
Interview
Two Phone Interviews, followed by 7 on-site interviews.
From the initial interview, it took about a week and a half to schedule the second one, and another two weeks for them to invite me on-site. Due to conflicts on scheduling it took another month until I travelled.
Overall they were organized, and always responded emails within a couple of business days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you index a phone directory? What data structures would you use? Implement it.