I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2018
Interview
Phone interview with one person. Introduction to AWS and data center responsibilities. Main responsibilities include hardware troubleshooting, knowing what to do in case of power outage, and participating in an on-call rotation.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2016
Interview
You have to go through a recruiter, 10 month contract to hire, sign on bonus. Interviews were extremely in depth with knowledge of Linux, hardware, commands and ability to build a server
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (São Paulo, ) in Feb 2017
Interview
The process starts with two phone interviews (Technical) and can be up to three. After that the candidate is invited to an on-site interview, which will be asked behavioral questions and technical ones.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Linux Boot process;
Linux basic commands: cd, mkdir, rm, etc;
Linux logs directory.;
What is inode in Linux;
Linux DMESG command;
Differences between Router and Switches;
Types of Fiber Connectors: SC, LC;
Types of Fiber Optics; SR and LR;
OSI Model;
Difference between running-config and startup-config Cisco IOS;
Behavioral questions regards to your experience.