I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2014
Interview
I was contacted by a coordinator the day after I sent in my resume to set up a phone interview for a week later. I received an email confirmation regarding who I'd be interviewing with. A week roles around and when I answer the phone there is a man on the line when the person I should have been speaking with was a woman. She was ill so her boss filled in, which is nice, they could have just rescheduled but didn't. Interview questions were quite basic asking about experience with office products and experiences learned from past jobs. I was told that likely the next step if they were to move forward would be another phone interview. About a week later I emailed the coordinator asking where I might be in their process. She emailed me back saying that I hadn't been selected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Did you check our website for other careers?-Where there any other jobs you saw you were interested in?
Entire process took about 3-4 weeks. Standard initial phone interview (30 minutes) followed by onsite interview (about 3-4 hours). Keep in mind that all your interviewers will be typing on their laptops the entire time in order to take detailed notes about everything you say. Do not get discouraged if they aren't engaging in conversation with you.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Dudelange)
Interview
Very unpleasant and anonymous interview with a reserved recruiter. Very fosilized and impersonal questions difficult to answer aiming at surprising you. Be ready to answer very detailed questions about you previous work experience and motivation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q1. Why would you like to work for our company?
A1. It is a very renowned and stable company with very good reputation.
Q2. Okay, but this is from customer's prospective. Why would you like to work for us from employee's prospective?
A2: Because the company cares of its employees, it helps them utilize their skills and knowledge and develop it further.
Q3. Hmmmm, what else? Why would you like to work for us? ..........