I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2014
Interview
I applied on the website for the software development intern position. About a month later I was contacted by e-mail and asked to provide my availabilities for a phone interview.
The first interview lasted about one hour, where I was asked to solve two problems using algorithms and data structures.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There is a common type of word puzzle where you are given two English words of the same length, say, "HEAD" and "TAIL".
The puzzle is to come up with a sequence of valid English words, starting with "HEAD", and ending with "TAIL", such that each word is formed by changing a single letter of the previous word.
Create an algorithm to automatically solve such puzzles.
I applied on Amazon's career website, then they got in contact with me a while afterwards. I had two back-to-back phone interviews, each of which was 45 minutes long, with mainly technical questions. I did some online coding with a collaborative tool. I didn't think either interview went that well, but I heard back a few weeks later that I got an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about how I would design a dictionary using data structures.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Londres, Inglaterra) in Feb 2014
Interview
I applied online for the London Development Centre. They sent me an e-mail some months after that with a link to a Codility test. After the test I got another e-mail saying the result was successful and we scheduled a phone call for the following week. The phone call was to set up a face to face interview and talk about the company and position I was applying for. Some details about the time I would be working were settled, as well. The interview was the next week in the Development Centre with a very friendly software engineer. He dedicated about 45 minutes to ask me questions about my resume, past experience and relevant challenges during my experience and the last 30-45 minutes were a technical interview where I was asked to solve a problem using any language I was comfortable with.
It was an enjoyable experience, everyone was very friendly even if I failed the technical interview. It ended with a brief tour of the building.
They called about a week later saying they couldn't make an offer, but specified that I had done well with the "non-coachable" skills and encouraged me to re-apply as soon as possible with my recruiter.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The only problem was: design the "fill with paint" function, for an mspaint-like program.