I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2008
Interview
Highly Technical questions on core programming and algorithms. Added questions on design and data modeling based on experience. 4-5 different interviews on a single day. Phone interview was also technical and coding/algorithm based. You really need to know your stuff here. Get to meet intelligent people and interview experience will be memorable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The most technically challenging work/project. Describe that and tell why was it so.