Unless you want every interaction with vendors during your work day to be bloodsport, I don't suggest applying for this role with the Kindle division. Despite whatever Amazon says, it's clear they view publishers not as partners, but as suppliers to squeeze at every step to lower margins. The actual process was fairly efficient. I had two phone interviews, the last with the hiring manager. I later learned she was a protege of someone described in the book "The Everything Store," an executive who thought that one side always had to win in a negotiation rather than creating value together. We both decided that there wasn't a good fit. But if that culture sounds like fun to you, enjoy!

Interview process is challenging but expected as everything you need to know is available online. They will schedule you with 4 employees from the team or organization you will work with and 1 completely separated from your organization as a "bar raiser". No need to work to impress one specific person, know 12-14 differentiated STAR formatted stories by memory.