I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2011
Interview
I had 2 phone interviews with Amazon. The first was by the manager of the group that I would be working for and the second was by a software engineer in the group. Both interviews were great. I found the interviewers gave a great deal of information about Amazon and the position. The rest of the time was spent on talking about my resume. Also, each interviewer gave me a a couple straightforward algorithm/data structure question and an object oriented design question.
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.