Submitted my resume via a friend at the company, heard nothing for nearly 8 months. When HR contacted me for phone screen, things took off. I did two phone screens, trip to Seattle for interviews (four 1-hour one-on-one sessions conducted back to back), and a trip to CA to visit potential work site -- all in less than three weeks. During interviews, first three interviewers were fairly typical -- ask behavior/analytics questions & follow up to understand your story thoroughly. Amazon wants very detailed examples so they can evaluate your thinking -- theoretical answers or vague explanations won't fly. Last interviewer took a very contrary/confrontational approach -- hired lots of people with your background, fired most of them. Why should I think you'll be any different? I believe last interview was to verify my commitment to what will certainly be a challenging role and to see how I'd react to a skeptical, hostile interviewer.