I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Miami, FL) in Sep 2016
Interview
It was a very well planned interview process. It took several rounds from human resources filter to a round of face-to-face interviews with the leadership team. The process involves two work sessions to be conducted by the candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions are related to your work experience. All questions are based on the Amazon leadership principles.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2018
Interview
The interview process took about 2 months. I went through a loop onsite. There were six people, out of which two were directors and everybody else was a Sr. manager.
Amazon recruiter reaches out to me about a role in AWS telling me what a great fit I am for the role and offering to set up an informal conversation with the Product Director. I reply back with some time that would work for a call.
About a week and half later I get a message from the recruiter retracting the offer to set a conversation since I'd had an on-site interview with Amazon in the last year. The thing i, that I've never had an on-site interview with Amazon so I reply back stating that. Then recruiter says, well you had a phone screen so you have to wait before interviewing again.
This recruiter is both incompetent and low integrity. She made two mistakes (talking to me in the first place if I wasn't eligible and then claiming I'd be on-site). It's a lack of integrity to offer something and then pull it back over your mistake.
Amazon should add "Incompetence" and "Lack of Integrity" to their leadership principles if they want to be honest with candidates.