From start to finish, my interview experience took about a month. 1. An Amazon recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn and we exchanged basic information over LinkedIn, followed by email. I was then sent 2 assessments that took me about an hour to complete. 2. I found out 1-2 days later that I passed and was moving on to a 1 hour phone screening. I completed that. I was informed in another 1-2 days I would be moving forward in the interview process. 3. I was emailed numerous links that shared tips for interviewing with Amazon. Suggestions included studying the core principles, reading a letter to shareholders written by Jeff Bezos, getting familiar with the STAR method of interviewing, etc. The HR team coordinated 5 hours of 5 back-to-back virtual interviews for me about a week or two in advance, an additional 1/2 hour phone interview the week prior to that in order to prep me more for that set of interviews, and I also opted for an optional 1/2 hour phone interview with a person from an affinity group within the company. 4. I was informed 6 days after my last interviews that they pursued another candidate. The process, in total, took me over 8 hours of work, and it was a disappointment to have been encouraged to apply by a recruiter and gone through as many steps as I did to end up getting the no. Additionally, Amazon has a company policy of not providing interview feedback, so I'm not sure what I could have done better other than a few guesses I have based on my interviews. The people I interviewed with generally seemed great, so nothing against them at all - but I've interviewed with several big tech companies (including the one I currently work at), and it was never nearly as intensive as this process. I have to think that there is a way to simplify it and still attract strong talent.