A complete PITA, the loop process in today's times is a complete waste of time, not contemorary. Also, they state that you need to be 50% better than the previous hire, how is that possible, and what does it mean for the guy that was hired 5 positions back, he's crap?
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services
Interview
AWS requested quite a long homework (5 hours one). On top of this, there is a long preparation for the interview and then at least 5 hours of interview. In total, this was 14 hours of investment.
During the whole process I was said everything great, homework succeeded with flying color, answered all questions with very positive feedback. At the end I was said that I did not succeed without any detail ... I find it quite unfair when one spent so much time in preparing an interview, so little feedback to get back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Tell me about a tough decision you made during a project. "