Software Engineer 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 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2011
Interview
I had three phone interviews with Amazon that spanned from late September to late October. The questions were not hard but like other postings have already said doing it over the phone made it somewhat difficult. I was never asked any conceptual questions in any of the interviews rather each interview was one or two problems to be solved. Overall every interview I had was pleasant the interviewer would drop hints to lead you in the right direction or ask if this was the best solution.
From the delay after the third interview I figured the interview process was not going to go further but three weeks seemed like a while to send out a rejection letter. There was a good week or two between each phone interview so it would seem Amazon was doing a lot of interviewing during this period.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2011
Interview
There were 3 interview phone calls which were roughly 45 minutes each and consisted of software questions that put a heavy emphasis on problem solving and not the correct answer. After I came to Seattle for the onsite interview I was interviewed 5 times and taken to lunch by a supervisor. The interviews were very technical in nature.