I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Pékin, Pékin) in Mar 2012
Interview
4 rounds plus one extra round for coding for me.
I was interviewed 4 rounds from morning to lunch time. The company prepared the lunch for me so I took it with my last interviewer.
The content of the interview is interest, nothing about programming language, but about solving problem and how to think.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to solve a DB deadlock?
I've no background about DB, so it's too hard for me.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2014
Interview
Technical Question: I was asked to write code on collabedit: Program to do a spiral traversal of matrix
I was asked which programming language I would choose between C and C++ and why? This was followed-on by some more questions - when would you not choose C or C++?
I was asked to mention my best project and describe what I liked in this project. I was then asked what was the thing you do not like in the the project you like best?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the thing you do not like in the the project you like best?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Nov 2013
Interview
60 minutes phone tech interviews. First question is a behavior one about risk management. something like describing a case when failure of a function caused loss of customer, and how did you handle it. Followed by a coding question: a parking lot has limited lots, different numbers and fees for small/medium/large sized cars, write a code to simulate the process of a car's entering and leaving.