I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2012
Interview
Applied online and 2 weeks later got the email from a recruiter that contained the template describing the interview process. It took 6 weeks to complete the 2 phone interviews which was really long. On their defense it was holiday season but still it was just too long. Finally got invited for on-site interviews. Had 5 back to back interviews. I was really feeling good about it but I got the call 1 week later telling me it was a close decision but they decided not to offer. No feedback was provided.
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.