I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2011
Interview
They asked me several questions related to Data Structures and Algorithms. Also how would I device a GPS. There were two back to back telephonic interviews. The first interviewer forgot to call initially and called 30 minutes later.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxemburgo) in Mar 2012
Interview
First phone interview with a manager. Then offered to have 1:1 Interview with more managers and human resources. Strong behavioral questions throughout the interview process. They are looking for outstanding candidates that have a "think big" attitude, even if you do not excel technically in the position.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2012
Interview
There were two 45-minutes 1:1 interviews. First interview consisted of resume based questions and parking lot problem's class diagram with implementation of two specific functions. Second interviewer asked general questions in the beginning like why amazon, what was your most challenging project etc. After that he asked me some BST questions and then gave me one string-based algorithm question.
Design an algorithm to find whether a String (having a numerical value) is upside-down same or not. e.g. 818, 609 are upside-down same while 816, 807 are not.