I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Aurora, IL) in Jan 2015
Interview
long and thorough. there is a 30 word minimum here so let me add a few notes about it. i was recruited by an independent who submitted me to an amazon recruiter.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2019
Interview
5 parts of an hour long interview, 4 of them very short and 1 long part.
1) The interviewer briefly introduced themselves.
2) I briefly introduced myself.
3) Looong and boring "Tell me about a time.." questions for almost the entirety of the interview.
4) Easy technical questions that took about five minutes or so.
5) Asked questions for about five minutes to end the interview.
The interviewer put in almost no effort other than introducing themselves and robotically going over the behavioral questions. And I had to have interesting stories in response. Forget it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you saved the world. No, I mean solved a big problem.
Getting a job in IT/CS field is a luck and lottery. I am unemployed for 1 year where I am more than Eight years experienced here. Few days ago, I had a interview to Amazon AWS team. All answers were correct and I had confidence at least I will go to next round if there is. But they emailed me that other candidate is being pursued. Last year, I had few interview. But I have not got a offer yet. I am H1b visa holder but living outside of USA. I am thinking to switch profession since getting job is luck. I had better not to be an Engineer rather a farmer then I would not have any tension, no worry,simple life and simple everything.
Correct answering, work experiences in IT/CS industry is valueless. Amazon has increased frustration. If this is the scenario, then will suggest to the students, do not enroll at Computer Science Department. Electrical/Civil Engineering is much much better than Computer Science because, in that field experience has lot of respect and salary, profession is much more steady and stable. In CS, technology is being changed. CS is not a stable. Amazon suggested me to apply other position at their website but I think they should make lottery system to give the job. I do not understand how people are surviving in this Capitalism and why they are not destroying this dangerous system.