Applied online and a week later received an email from a recruiting coordinator to schedule a phone interview with hiring manager. Phone call with hiring manager lasted about 45 min. and was not very difficult. Twelve days after the phone call, I received another email from the recruiting coordinator who proposed to move forward with the interview process and schedule a second call with a couple of other people (potential future co-workers at the same level as the job I was applying for). This call lasted about 1 hour, it was very technical and challenged me to think about risk. I could not really prepare for the questions I was asked so my answers were entirely based on my past experience. There were moments when I had to pause and give a serious consideration to the question I was being asked (e.g. You are auditing a billing system, what type of risks would you consider as part of your work?). I thought I did pretty well and eventually I was invited for an onsite interview (approximately 1 month after the second phone interview). The onsite interview lasted from 10 AM until 4PM. Met with approximately 6 people (45 min each meeting). The interview started with the most senior people progressing to the most junior. I enjoyed the interviews with the most senior people and less so with the junior staff. Out of 6 interviewers only one was very technical and asked technical questions. My overall impression was that I did very well on the interview, however I did not get an offer. Obviously Amazon does not provide feedback on the interview however they encouraged me to apply again. I was not super psyched about working for Amazon and it is possible that this came through without me being even aware. At the end of the day I was wiped and started getting annoyed being asked pretty much the same questions just rephrased differently. My last interviewer was even openly yawning in my face. Btw one of the requirements for the onsite interview as to provide a writing sample (2 pages, single spaced, 11 point). I provided it in advance of the deadline but it was never discussed by anyone during the interview. Also one interviewer said that he never got it, which led me to think that someone dropped the ball on it. All in all application process for this job (applying online to final result) took 90 days. My overall impression is that Amazon is an ok company (just as the score on Glassdoor indicates) however their interview processes are definitely in need improvement. Just because they are lengthy does not necessarily mean that they are effective.

Something has gone seriously wrong with HR there... The interview was fine (easy questions but rather difficult to gel / connect with the interviewer as we came from very different backgrounds) My experience with HR however, was not. To say that it was weird / strange / bizarre would be an understatement; and it left me with a rather poor impression of the company.