Amazon Is Hiring Like Crazy But Its Job Interview Is Brutal (AMZN)

Here's an amazing stat: Amazon hired 12,800 employees in the last three months. It now has 109,800 employees, compared to 97,000 last quarter and 81,400 a year ago, according to its quarterly earnings statement. At 109,800, that means that Amazon employs more people worldwide than Microsoft does, notes the Next Web's Emil Protalinski, at least for the time being. Microsoft has 99,139 at last count (June), it says. Microsoft should jump ahead again after its deal to buy Nokia's mobile bu...