I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2011
Interview
I was given 2 phone screens by Amazon.com employees. The first was by another technical product manager. That interview went over many of the situations that a technical product manager might face with questions as to how I would handle the situation. The second phone screen was given by a technical development manager. The interview questions were more algorithm based rather than specific programming language questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If we are shipping 2 products to the same customer but these products are contained in different warehouses, What are some of the factors that we need to consider so that the transportation cost will be minimal and the customer will receive the products in the least amount of time?
The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2011
Interview
Two phone interviews (Business then technical) asking various general questions about the position. The interviews are spread across two weeks. The interviewers ask a preset list of questions off a sheet of paper. The in person interviews are 45 min per interviewer. They will bring in a person from other departments to interview you and ask a question that has no relevance to your area. They would expect you to be a master or semi-master in all areas. I was asked hash tables, randomization techniques while developing a 3-tier infrastructure. Expect the unexpected. They will try to make you fail.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Design a 3-tier high-available geo-distributed infrastructure.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2010
Interview
Amazon saw my resume and contacted me. HR person was very professional and easy to work with.
Interview was quasi-technical. The interviewer walked me through scoping a new business for Amazon.
Honestly, I wasn't too impressed with the interviewer and thought I did well. But apparently that was not the case.