I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
First contact by email. Two phone screens. The first was technical, the second with a manager. An on site interview with the recruiter and five interviewers. 45 minutes each back to back. The process is hard. The want to see if you fit in their company. Be prepared for technical and customer handling questions.
Be honest. You don't need to know every technical questions, all are open questions. They want to see how you think.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2012
Interview
Recruiter contacted me and scheduled a phone screen after discussing my availability. Initial interview was technical, beginning simply and porgressing until the interviewer had reached the edge of my skills tree. He then noted a follow up would be made with the hiring manager of the job department. at this time i was still not told what the job i was interviewing for was. 2nd phone interview was with hiring manager. it was more about managerial interaction and conflict resolution. I was not interested in being a support engineer and made it it known at the end of the interview after job disclousre. we thanked each other for our time and no follow ups were made by either party.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
explain Big N notation. I am not a programmer or CS major
An on-site interview without phone screening from 11 am to almost 5 pm. Provided a lunch with other applicants, about 12 people, and interviewers. Individually interviewed by 5 different interviewers. Mostly, technical questions like basic commands for Linux systems, programming certain task, and IT related questions were asked as well as some general questions like what would you do if you think your manager or colleague doing a job inefficiently, and you have a better solution. How would you persuade them? What is your success story in your field.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
After I gave a code answer to a programming question, they ask, "What kind of problem would you expect from your code?"