The process begins with a brief (30 min) call with a recruiter who is looking to verify your resume and ask basic questions about your qualifications. If that goes well, you will have a second phone interview/screening with someone within Amazon, usually a senior level manager. The woman I had was TOUGH! She asked very deep career situation questions (see below) and will look to see how you handle yourself on the phone and being put on the spot. If you can make it pass that, you will be offered the opportunity to come to Seattle and interview at the HQ in what they call the "loop." The loop is a series of 5 interviews each one hour long, with 1 of them being with a "bar raiser." The job of the bar raiser isn't to ask you questions about the role you are applying, but to see if you have what it takes to be an Amazonian. Do you have the drive, the intelligence, the ability to grow into a manger (leader), etc. if you can pass all THAT - you'll be extended an offer.