I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2017
Interview
After talking with a former colleague, I sent him my resume and he forwarded it to a recruiter. After a recruiter call and a technical phone screen, I was invited for an in-person interview for a TPM position.
The interview lasted a five hours - I talked with six different technical folks (including the hiring manager and his skip) as well as the recruiter. I was provided lunch as well - unlike other places, lunch was a time to relax and just eat, not try to answer questions as well. I liked that. A lot.
The recruiter explained how the process would work - I'd talk to everyone that day, then they would convene and debrief on me the following week. They would give her the decision, and she would contact me within a few days of that. Again, compared to other interview processes, I think like this - other companies have an immediate answer with very little discussion between interviewers. Of course, if I don't get an offer (still waiting), I might change my mind.. :-)
The day was long - I sat in one small conference room and interviewers came to me. Each session was 45 minutes long (lunch was an hour), and you spend most of your time talking, so make sure you stay hydrated. The difficulty for me was in talking so much (had a headache by the end of the day), and finding examples from my experience to answer the questions. I wound up using examples from one big project for almost every interviewer because it had issues which touched upon most of their questions - in retrospect, I wish I had a few more experiences lined up to discuss, as I'm afraid there won't be enough variety for them to discuss and compare.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing specific stands out - if you've ever done a PM interview (either give one or taken one) with any big company, you know the kind of questions you'll get. "Tell me about a time things didn't go as expected", "tell me about a time you had to take an unpopular position", etc.
There were two "design a solution" questions, but nothing specific (nothing like "what specific HW would you use" or "what language would you use" - remember, TPM role, not Engineer role). They were of the form "how would you do x if your customer asked you for it". Since they were things I hadn't done before, I tried to think of all the things I would need to know, learn, ask, and figure out to implement the solution. Amazon makes a difference between a Technical PM and other PM's, so YMMV if it's not a TPM role.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
A phone screen was set up as the first step of the process but it was cancelled thirty minutes before the call by an e-mail stating that the interviewer was sick. I then never heard from them again.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Amazon (Issaquah, WA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Very smooth. Recruiter, Andres, was amazing. Always kept my informed and updated .He spent quite a bit of time with me to help me prepare and provided excellent feedback. He also gave me insight into the feedback of other interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral in nature and they want specific answers .they really drill deep into your responses .