I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Amazon) in Apr 2014
Interview
After being contacted by e-mail it was a group session explaining security, sexual harrassment video and then benefits. Basically once you are contacted by email you have the job secured.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview was a group meeting of fellow warehouse associates. If you showed up you were hired after being contacted by e-mail. A drug test with the whole group was administered. It was a saliva test done on the spot with 30 other people and then sealed in a package to be sent to the lab.
No interview at all, you go into the hiring center, take your drug test, fill out some preliminary paperwork, verify the building and schedule you want, your start date and that's it.
Not too bad pretty easy and straightforward, simple question surrounding handling and moving. Make sure you know basic safety rules as they will ask you, for example how do you carry heavy items.
Apply online, go to the on-site office for oral drug swab and ID picture. Start date is assigned once background check comes back. The actual start date will depend on how fast the check comes back but isn't normally delayed.