I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2012
Interview
The process included two phone interviews, a written question and a day long in person interview. Definitely review and understand Amazon's Leadership Principles. Interviewers were talented and friendly. Many questions were of the style: "Tell me of a time where you had to ...". Make sure you ask as many clarifying questions as possible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Many questions are aimed at determining why you want the job.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Sep 2012
Interview
Very slow. Totally unprofessional. The HR called me and scheduled for a phone interview. Just before the start of the interview, she rescheduled the interview. The same thing repeated thrice. Then, I didn't get any call from the HR for 3 weeks. Finally I ended up attending 2 phone interviews over a period of 7 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Design a payment transaction system.
2. Performance improvement of a large website.
3. Given a sum, find the first pair of numbers that add the sum in an array.
4. Singleton patten. Issue with concurrent access. Over vs under locking.
Went through the phone screen. It is more of a technical manager position than a leadership role. Although I was told I'm interviewing with the "hiring manager" she sounded more like an engineer. The session was more like a Q&A than an exchange on the role or my experience.