I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in Dec 2013
Interview
2 rounds of written, 2 technical face to face interview.
Introduction followed by scenario discussion followed by a personal interview followed by another face to face interview and then a final round with the program manager
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What extra apart from the routine work did you do and how did you manage to accomplish it
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai)
Interview
5 rounds of interview, Written, technical 2 rounds, Hiring manager round and HR discussion. They test you attitude, how good are you at your previous job, confidence, they ask about logical analytical questions. Expectations are high despite job requirement. Interview process is standard Same type of questions is asked in 3 rounds.
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Question 1
1. About yourself, previous job, basic things about testing, analytical questions.
I applied in-person. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai)
Interview
Hiring process is straight forward. Puzzles are key. Lots of them found commonly online are enough to get good grasp. Testing concepts would help but to stand out of the crowd, one can try doing some testing projects for open source and adding a link in resume to impress the recruiting person. If the number of people are lot for a small position, luck plays a role too.
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Stress or negative questions such as Why should I hire you, I think you said the wrong answer