I submitted my resume through an amazon employee and two weeks later received an email from a recruiting coordinator inviting me to take part in a phone interview the following week. They were good and thorough about providing times, but couldn't tell me who would be calling me. The day/time of the interview came and the interviewer called me 10 minutes late - a bit nerve wracking, but fine. She asked typical behavioral questions: name a time you had to be tenacious, a time you had to make an unpopular decision, etc. At one point in the interview there was chatter in the background. It didn't bother me, but she didn't let me know other people were also listening. Within a couple days I received another email from my recruiting coordinator [RC] telling me they were interested in me coming on-site for a final interview. I was in charge of making travel accommodations, but would be compensated. I asked her who would be interviewing me and she let me know four different people, though they were subject to change. I arrived to the interview site 45 minutes early. I checked in and the desk receptionists offered to check my coat, which was nice. The RC came down and gathered myself and other candidates and took us upstairs to where we would be interviewed. We would each be stationed in a room and have a revolving door sort of method where each of our interviewers would come in, spend 45 minutes with us, then leave. My first two interviewers were so kind - I really, really appreciated them. They immediately put me at ease and helped me to feel like I was capable and qualified. They asked typical behavioral questions. They both explained at the beginning that they'd be typing what I was saying on their laptops, so not to worry if they didn't seem like they weren't paying attention. My third interviewer was a little different. Amazon is a casually dressed workplace, and this interviewer embraced that. At one point during my interview he kicked up his flip-flopped feet in the chair next to me. I thought that was borderline rude, but figured he could be trying to distract me. He also pulled out his inhaler and took a couple puffs, punched the keys on his laptop with a vengeance, and stood up and blew his nose loudly. He didn't say excuse me or anything, which I thought was odd. When I asked him what he liked about recruiting he said, "I don't like people." He did redeem himself a touch by explaining he likes the parts of learning about different functions in different departments, but he didn't like people. I appreciated his transparency when he said that recruiting isn't always fun and often boring, trivial work of sifting through candidates and interviews. The end of the interview went nicely when I asked him specifically about Amazon warehouses and he went into a passionate spiel explaining the kiva robots and how they functioned. My last interviewer was my favorite one. He was pretty high up in the recruiting game at Amazon and was friendly. His question was "what have you accomplished so far, in work, school, whatever, that you didn't think you could do." It was kind of broad, but I think it was perfectly asked. He then walked me to my final room where we all asked questions to people in the positions we were interviewing for. We then were told we'd be communicating with a recruiter, who introduce herself and told us that we'd know by Thursday or Friday [my interview was early in the week]. Friday came and they told me I'd know in another week. The next Friday came and I received an email saying I'd know by mid-next week what the final decision was. Wednesday came and went and I emailed the recruiter on Friday morning asking for an update. She told me, again, that I should know by mid week the following week for sure and she would touch base regardless. Thursday night I received an email from her asking to schedule a time for Friday where she could speak to me. The call came on Friday and it was explained to me that I didn't get the job, but they really liked me and wanted me to reapply six months after I graduated and gained more experience. I asked why it took 3 and 1/2 weeks to get a "no" because honestly at that point I didn't expect “no”. She said that she wasn't allowed to give specifics, but it was their fault and they apologized if I didn't have the best candidate experience due to the wait. I also asked if there was any way for me to get feedback on my interviews so I could know how I could improve and she said that was against company policy. Over all, I felt great about my interviews - there isn't a single thing I would change, even though I didn't get an offer. I love Amazon and think it's an amazing company. Would I apply again? Yes, but I'd be cautious since several times they didn't meet a "deadline" so-to-speak that they set for themselves to get back to me by.

I applied for this job online. Then, I got an email to set up a phone interview 4 months later. The phone interview was 45 minutes long. A week after the phone interview, I was invited to interview at Amazon's campus in Seattle. They were very generous with travel accommodations. At the onsite interview, I interviewed with four people each for 45 minutes.