I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2016
Interview
Got a recruitment email, responded, then got a general job description. Everyone I talked to from the start up until now has been exceptionally awesome to talk to.
The first recruiter did an initial "hello" phone call. A second recruiter did the same with more details.
I was scheduled for a screening call with a dev manager. Got my background and what I was looking for. It was mostly probing for general fit.
I got scheduled for a second phone screen, more technical and definitely more intense. Asking questions I should know if what I was claiming on my resume was true. So embellishing on your resume would definitely be called out here.
Then I got the call to schedule the fly over to Seattle. I just finished my interview loop. I'm very exhausted. But they've all been through it so they know how you feel. They definitely ask deep insightful questions that you really can't "wing-it". You either are who you say you are or your not a good fit so its better to just be yourself and go with your gut.
The one thing I will say is this is the most absolutely positive interviewee experience I've ever been through. Regardless of the outcome. You feel like a customer being served well. I talked to Google, LinkedIn, and a few others and the process is humiliating. Amazon's recruiting practice is way better.
I'm awaiting my verdict, I'm excited to join this company and from what I've seen and experienced today I would probably be very happy. So wish me luck.
Update: didn't get an offer.
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Question 1
Nothing worth writing home about. If you are a TPM type person you will have gone through PM pain, technical pain, and business pain.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Aug 2015
Interview
They reached out to me. Initially I did a 2 page document on a technical proposal, detailing the design - why I chose the building blocks that I did. The moving onto to how I would phase the project, what Iwould deliver after the first sprint etc.
After that I skipped the phone screen and went straight for a full 5 hour interview. Around 5 45 minute interviews some were design focused (design google news for example) others were more give me a time when X happened, how did you handle it etc.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2015
Interview
One guy was nailing a pricing question and I failed that question, since I didn't have pricing experience before. I tried to get his hints along the way but he didn't really help giving proper hints to help me progress. So in the end. I failed and the hiring manager called me saying that I did a great job with all other interviewers, and mainly failed on the pricing question.