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 Please note this is a back-post I promised myself to do. I don't want to brag about my on-site interview
-at Amazon. But I've read quite slander of Amazon for its interview process. I haven't checked since,
+at Amazon. But I've read quite slander of Amazon for its interview process. I haven't re-checked for blogs on this matter since,
-so it's possible there are success stories on intranets. I don't feel like checking now.
+so it's possible there are success stories on intranets now. I don't feel like checking now.
 Also, if you're looking for specific questions asked during the interview, you won't find it here.
 Get ready for unexpected and as much as possible ;-)
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   - phone call with hiring manager ~ 60 minutes
   - phone call with different person ~ 60 minutes
-  - on-site interview which is 6 hours straight of interviews with different persons
+  - on-site interview which is 6 hours straight of interviews with different people
   - should some deficiencies be found during on-site interview, you might be given coding exercise
-Now, let me note as far as I remember both phone calls I had were on time(say +couple minutes off max).
+Now, let me note as far as I remember both phone calls I had, both were on time(say +couple minutes off max).
 I've read about phone interviews being off by more than couple minutes and what not. Not in my case.
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 ''use strict; use warnings;'' if writing Perl code, for example. Yes, it does matter.
-As for interview/lunch and 6 hours of interview. Yes, lunch is a bit more awkward than your lunch with colleagues
+As for interview/lunch and 6 hours of interview. Yes, lunch is a bit more awkward than your regular lunch with colleagues
 discussing work-related stuff. Yes, you'll have to eat while you're not talking and be ready to respond. But hey,
-come on, are you there for interview or lunch? And you know it was coming! Stop complaining. And 6 hours flew,
+come on, are you there for interview or lunch? And you knew it was coming! Stop complaining. And 6 hours flew by,
 at least for me. Yes, I was quite happy to be outside once done. But I had far worse streak in TurnovFree.net days.
 Are you still complaining? :-)
-I recommend you to take eg. Coke with you. Something with sugar will keep you on your toes and will help you to
+I recommend you to take Coca Cola with you or something. Something with sugar will keep you on your toes and will help you to
-fight hunger, should you become hungry. Glass of water is, was, there should you needed. I haven't exploited
+fight hunger, should you become hungry. Glass of water is, was, there should you needed it. I haven't exploited
 hospitality any further, thus I don't know.
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 Is any interview easy? And frankly, if it was, I'd be disappointed.
 ==== Have you been offered a permanent job/contract? ====
-Yes, although not exactly position I interviewed for.
+Yes, although not exactly position I interviewed for. Actually, two positions.
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 And that I would probably slander Amazon if I didn't. Well, you couldn't be more wrong. First of all,
 I made this promise right after my interview ended, in front of the Amazon HQ in Dublin. I didn't know
-results back then and I actually though I failed. Also, I have failed at Google interview, but I didn't
+results back then and I actually thought I've failed. Also, I have failed at Google interview, but I didn't
 go off slandering Google for it. It was because I'm dumb(not that I got much better). :-)
-And remember, it's about people you meet. May be I was just lucky. Anyway, good luck to you!
+And remember, it's about people you meet. Maybe I was just lucky. Anyway, good luck to you!