I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2011
Interview
I went through two phone interviews. Amazon focuses highly on data structure related questions - linked-list, tree, BST, hash table etc. Among the 2 phone interviews, the 1st one was pretty easy - basic algorithm questions, concepts like your understanding of time complexity - simple problem to solve. I think they just test if you have basic knowledge of computer algorithms and you can write code. The second phone interview was a bit more advanced. It was on data structure and object oriented programming concepts - problems on data structure, OOP concepts. The phone interviews were 45 min long and asked to solve 2/3 problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reverse a linked list. After presenting a solution I was asked to provide a recursive method.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC)
Interview
One online assessment and one virtual interview included a coding round and leadership principle questions; overall, the process was fairly straightforward and not overly challenging for me throughout the experience.
2 rounds:
1st round: 3 behaviorals: Tell me about yourself, tell me about a time you used Gen AI, tell me about a time you faced a problem in one of your experiences
Leetcode similar to LRU Cache but a variant
2nd round: 3 more behaviorals; tell me about yourself, a specific experience in my internship, a time you disagreed with manager/peer on a project
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Pretty difficult OA didn't need to get full score. One round technical interview with SDE. Interview was pretty easy, most people I knew at school and friends ended up passing the interview. Took about 1 month to hear back after interview
