I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2009
Interview
The interview process consisted of three phone interviews and an all day session of 7 consecutive in-person interviews. The in-person interviews were done by HR, the hiring manager (lunch interview) and five 45 minute technicla inerviews by various team members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked to priovide an example where the use of IP Selective ACK would be used and why
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2009
Interview
Amazon did an initial phone screen with me some months before - before deciding to ask me to travel to Dublin for a days worth of interviews. I did a number of interviews covering a wide range of issues within the area I'd be working.
Sadly, despite the cost of travelling to Dublin to do the interview and the giving up of a day, the only feedback I got as to why an offer wasn't made was "cultural fit".
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a data centre with 100 cabinets?
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2007
Interview
Amazon.com has a rigorous interview process. The whole process consisted of 3 phone interviews, where we went over things like path mtu discovery and the tcp state transition diagram. The in-person interview performed onsite in Seattle was rigorous and was partially a panel interview process, and partially one-on-one. The panel consisted of more TCP questions and network management/troubleshooting questions. I got the feeling that they did a lot of TCP debugging.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe the various transitions encompassed in the TCP state transition diagram.