I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2013
Interview
On-campus interview. I had a 45-minute initial interview that covered high-level web-systems architecture questions, where we talked it out and drew some diagrams. No coding. Then had a callback for another on-campus interview 2 days later, where each of 3 interviewers started with some personal questions, and then asked very feasible coding questions that I answered on paper. Got an offer later that night.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing too crazy, really. Just know straightforward algorithm/coding techniques, and be prepared to work in pen/paper in a language you're comfortable with. They were understanding about not knowing the exact methods for language API calls, etc.
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.