I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY)
Interview
I submitted an application for an SDM position on an online board. Within a day or two I received an email that I might be a match and they would consider a phone interview if I answered a few background questions. I replied and they scheduled a phone tech for a week later. I thought the manager questions were the type you would expect and that the tech questions were not all that difficult. Nonetheless, they decided to pursue other candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about an employee you hired who was successful and why.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (London, England) in Apr 2015
Interview
Recruiter contacted me via. linkedin and after an initial phone screen I attended their offices for the now ubiquitous interview loop. Full day with six interviews, two of which were via video conference.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly competency based and senario focused. One technical interview that involved some whiteboard algorithm work and one interview focused heavily on the Amazon leadership principles.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Allentown, PA) in Aug 2016
Interview
A recruiter reached out to be through LinkedIn. We traded a few messages then set up a phone screen after I sent him a copy of my resume and my contact details. The recruiter asked about my previous experience and where I saw my career headed. After about 30 minutes of casual banter where he asked about my experience and I asked about the position the recruiter thanked me for my time and we hung up.
A day later I received an email from the recruiter asking for a time when I could spend an hour speaking with a team member. The phone screen with the team member was by the book, he was obviously reading from a script but he was polite and succinct. The last 15 minutes was some casual back and forth while I asked about what he did at the company and what living in the area was like.
I was invited to Seattle to go through further in-person interviews.