I have an opportunity to interview with Amazon for a position as a contractor.

I've heard these type of tech companies can have NDA and brutal interviews. What should I expect? Do they do the same level of interviews for contractors as employees?

The position is a higher level position and the proposed rate is above market price by quite a bit.

I work with someone that is extremely good at figuring anything out. He has an extremely vast knowledge. He was involved in startup of a major tech company. (one of the top 5 for awhile)

However he is difficult and extremely particular about how he does stuff. Nobody can quite tell him exactly how to how to do something. He will fight based on ideal situations ( kind of similar to SAM) and resists heavily doing things he doesnt like even if it's something benign or neutral. Such as making a minor change that has no effect whatsoever, but follows standards like ISO 2700.

He's valuable to a a point that he gets to do things his way sometimes even if it's against manager.

Any advice for how to better work with him? He is cooperative most of the time, but sometimes it's hard to get a single point across.

Leaving work for the day and not looking back!

I am preparing for an out of state interview, and I'm wondering what are some things that I should bring with me?

The potential employer and have a relatively small descrepency on salary. The descrepency is small enough where we both decided we want to do the interview. I want make sure I can show that I am worth the extra money.

I never understood the whole asking salary is taboo thing. It's no secret that people consider that as a major factor when job searching.

I also never call people who sell cars or boats without a price. It generally ends up being a waste of time for both parties. I generally ask salary right up front even before the interview for the same reason.

If dealing with a recruiter, whether internal or external they always try to find your previous/current salary before revealing their range.

It's just really annoying.

Do you guys even apply for jobs without knowing the salary?