I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2022
Interview
100% remote
* Hackerrank screening
* automated "team fit" tests
* 1st online coding + 2 way q/a meeting
* Final interview day, with 4 interviews one after another. This is where I complain most - it does not work neither for candidates nor for the employer to have them on one day, esp. now that it is remote, but they still want to have it on one day, even still call it "on premises".
I learned a few things about their challenges and responsibilities and that was interesting.
I learned a few things I did not like about Amazon as well:
* they do not have dedicated QA resources
* you as developer are responsible for everything concerning the feature you worked on ("sense of ownership"), likely also for holes in requirements, deployment problems, performance issues, delayed/buggy dependencies, maybe even business viability of the feature???
I fear that might just be an excuse for poor management. Not even agile - agile sees a role for feature owner who typically does not develop code - removes all obstacles, as far as he/she can understand the problem not being the one coding it.
I think the STAR technique is bs. Esp. that multiple interviewers ask the same question (is that on purpose? should I answer the same way, ie give the same or other situation example?). What if you did not have serious conflicts or crunch times at work? Maybe it is bad?
I also did not like automated personality test.
I did not get any feedback and waited for the decision longer than told.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design (part of) twitter, it's APIs and database
conflicts in your work history
crunch times in your work history
Online assessment consists of 2 DSA and 1 development question of a real application with bugs to fix (you can select development framework and language). After that 10-15 behavioural questions related to work scenarios.
Coding ques nd LPs. lc mediums were asked nd some lps were asked.. DSA questions.
Something like printing path from a to b in a graph. Ghe shortest one. Coding ques nd LPs. lc mediums were asked nd some lps were asked.. DSA questions.
Something like printing path from a to b in a graph. Ghe shortest one.
I interviewed at Amazon (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais)
Interview
Online assessment seguido de behavioral interview presencial. Precisa de muita prática de DSA (mínimo 1 mês intenso de exercícios) e um pouco de system design. Não prossegui para a entrevista presencial
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Qual técnologia você usaria nesse caso (vem o contexto da aplicação):
5 opções de banco de dados