I applied through other source. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2016
Interview
Several phone interviews with finance leaders. One HR prep interview. On site interview with 6 people. Two HR, one Ops, 3 finance leaders (not the ones from the phone interviews). The on site was the most intense, but the material helped to prep you - you need personal examples to align with their leadership principles. Most people were very nice, but as others have stated there is one person who acts in a mildly derogatory manner and insinuates that you don't know what you are talking about. I believe that is to determine how you react to someone pushing back. Stay cool and realize its a game.
There is a basic excel test you take prior to the scheduling of your on site.
They do a nice job of setting up your travel and provide a decent hotel, near to the site.
Although I had the experience and education that they were looking for - I had to repeatedly reach out to people for 3 weeks after the on site, asking for some resolution. The HR person said she had left me a VM (which she did not) and I finally got someone to tell me they weren't going to move forward with my candidacy.
In retrospect, I believe that it may be a case of age discrimination. Everyone I interviewed with was at least 10-15 years younger than I was. I have also spoken to another individual (around my age) who had the same experience and despite being very qualified - was abruptly dropped from the process after the on site. I never misrepresented myself, my experience and my social networking picture is current. Although I have no definitive proof - I would tell people over 50 to serious think about investing their time to prepare and travel to interview with a very company that values youth.
Other than the time I felt that I wasted, the overall experience was not negative until after the on-site and only because I couldn't get a definite answer and that was only one silly HR person. That's why I rated it as neutral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you took a process or procedure and simplified it?
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderābād) in Jun 2012
Interview
Amazon is my first Job and there was written, 4 personal rounds and one operations round. The rounds were based on more on logic than core subject. They have asked live situations and asked how do we handle it
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you handle a situation when you have to deal with a frustrated vendor who has not received payment and it is amazon fault and vendor is threatening
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Campus) in Oct 2015
Interview
Skype interview on campus. A lot of behavioral questions. two back-to-back Interview. They seem not very friendly, maybe it's part of test. Their focus is decision making, problem solving, data analysis skills, leadership and so on. They like people who shows interest and has some strategic thinking ability. Not many resume questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me a time you make difficult decision
tell me a time you missed customer's expectation then what you did to remedy the relationship