I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sept 2010
Interview
It was an in person interview with one of the direct members of the hiring team. It asked a question on algorithm to find the shortest prefix string. We went between brute-force solution to the optimal. Follow up questions were related to scaling, which points to the need to cache the right branches and sharding on disk. Finally, the interviewer talked about the team itself, and was really responsive to questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
provide an algorithm for shortest prefix matching string
It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.
Um teste de código online, se aprovado, vai para o loop. O loop é 4 entrevistas seguidas, duas em inglês e duas em português. 3 entrevistas técnicas de código, todas as 4 têm pergunta de liderança.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pergunta historicas baseada nos principios de lideranca da amazon.
The whole process stretched over nearly a month, longer than I anticipated. After an initial phone screen, I faced a technical round that included a Min Stack implementation question. We discussed design considerations and thread safety, which threw me for a bit. Fortunately, I remembered a specific mock interview I practiced on PracHub that mirrored this scenario closely, making me feel more at ease. Ultimately, I received an offer, but I chose to decline due to the company culture not feeling like the right fit.
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