I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2010
Interview
This was for the IMDb team. First contact was an internal recruiter who asked mostly general questions like what are you doing now, what are you looking for, what is your experience etc. I was asked to complete a questionnaire over email about my experience, salary requirements, when I could start. I had two rounds of technical phone screens with developers. After the second, I was asked to complete a programming exercise and send the results back. I was invited in for an all day interview loop. Most of them went well, a couple were 50/50. One was noticeably tough, the guy was a socially awkward fellow who was very difficult to relate to. He made it very difficult to keep flowing, he was almost hostile. I have heard that one strong veto will kill you even if the others loved you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
write a method which takes x/y coordinates for a point for a graphics program and implement a bucket-fill (change all the surrounding pixels of the same color to the new color)
OA contained 2 coding questions and then followed by a multiple choice question on behavioral where they emphasized a lot on their leadership rules which you can find on their website
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is customer obsession and how do you apply it
Could not use AI during the first interview. The recruiter was helpful in the screener but the coding exam was tough including the take home test. Did a few Leetcode examples but apparently that wasn't enough.
Applied online via the company careers page. Received a reply from HR within a few weeks inviting me to an initial
screening call over Teams. Process also included an online coding assessment sent as a pre-interview step.
Communication from HR was professional, prompt, and friendly throughout the scheduling stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard background and motivation questions — what attracted me to the company, and a walk-through of recent
