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* Posted anonymously by interview candidates (updated Nov 18, 2009)

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Software Development Engineer I at Amazon.comstudent candidate

Posted Nov 18, 2009

4.0
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Overall Positive Experience Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Oct 2007 (took 3 days)

I was impressed with the speed of the whole process. It was literally a matter of days between the time I was first interviewed and when they decided. I seem to recall getting the interview also didn't take much time.

The interviewers were conducted on campus. Over two days, I spent less than three hours in interviews that were given by three or four people.

I felt they asked relevant questions that gave candidates the opportunity to show that they were qualified for the job. No impossibly difficult puzzle questions. I was asked to write code. There was also a technical design question.

Interview Questions

How would you design a chat system?

Negotiation Details

No negotiation on compensation.

When you are on call, you can (and will) be paged at any time of day. I would put a high premium on having to take this responsibility.

Other Details

I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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Senior Program Manager at Amazon.com

Posted Nov 12, 2009

Interviewed Sep 2009 in Seattle, WA (took 1 week)

Two rounds of telephonic interview. Lots of practical projects related and entrepreneurial questions. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Covered daily project management activities, risk assessment… Post a review to see full interview

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Product Manager at Amazon.com student candidate

Posted Nov 3, 20091 of 1 people found this helpful

Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 2 days)

Resume screening through university. Interviewed with two different people on day one. A mix of case and behavioral questions. All cases were hypotheticals and didn't require… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Development Engineer at Amazon.com

Posted Nov 2, 2009

Interviewed Oct 2007 in Seattle, WA (took 1 week)

Had 2 phone interviews with techies which is Amazon standard. Passing 1 gets u the next phone interview & and passing the second gets u to Amazon campus. On site interview is quite intense… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Development Engineer at Amazon.com

Posted Oct 22, 20091 of 1 people found this helpful

Interviewed Oct 2009 in Seattle, WA (took 3 weeks)

Submitted resume via an old boss who currently works at Amazon.

After about 3 weeks, got a call from the recruiter for an initial phone screen the next week. Phone screen took an hour… Post a review to see full interview

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Product Management at Amazon.com

Posted Oct 20, 2009

Interviewed Jan 2009 (took 2 days)

This was during campus recruiting. They sent 2 reps to campus. They made all applicants do 1 interview with 1 of the 2 reps for 1 hour on the first day. They then cut some people. Those… Post a review to see full interview

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Area Manager at Amazon.com

Posted Oct 19, 2009

Interviewed Sep 2009 (took 4 months)

Conducted an initial phone screen with a recruiter who found my resume and contacted me. At first I was not interested, but then did a follow-up with the recruiter to discuss taking the… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Development Engineer at Amazon.com

Posted Oct 15, 2009

Interviewed Oct 2009 in Seattle, WA (took 4+ weeks)

First emailed on September 15, 2009. Rejected by email on October, 15 2009. I had three phone interviews with the Customer Returns area and the Ops area.

The first interview was with a… Post a review to see full interview

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Legal at Amazon.com

Posted Oct 1, 2009

Interviewed Sep 2008 in Seattle, WA (took a day)

After a phone screen, I had an all day interview. Everyone was very polite, and seemed to really enjoy working there. I left at the end of the day thinking it went well, but a few days… Post a review to see full interview

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SDE at Amazon.com

Posted Sep 25, 2009

Interviewed Jun 2009 in Seattle, WA (took 2 weeks)

They were mostly polite. They found my resume on a job board. They asked questions about my prior background, and it was pretty obvious I was overqualified for the job. They did ask… Post a review to see full interview

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