I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Sept 2024
Interview
In my Amazon SDE intern interview, the process began with an OA (Online Assessment) that included debugging, data structures, and logical reasoning. After clearing it, I had a 45-minute virtual technical interview. The interviewer was friendly and started with a quick introduction, followed by one DSA question. I was asked a BFS-based problem similar to Rotten Oranges (multi-source BFS). I explained my approach, edge cases, and optimized the code. Then we discussed time and space complexity. Finally, I was asked a recent problem: Find the number of unique paths in a grid with obstacles. The interview concluded with a few behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
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One key thing they asked me was:
"Can you optimize your solution further or reduce the space complexity?"
This came right after I solved the BFS-based Rotten Oranges-like problem. I initially used a queue and a visited matrix, and the interviewer pushed me to think if I could avoid the extra space.
The interview process was straightforward and friendly. It started with a recruiter screening, followed by a technical interview. The interviewer asked basic coding questions, object-oriented programming concepts, and a few behavioral questions based on Amazon Leadership Principles. The coding problems were not very difficult, and the interviewer was willing to provide hints when needed. Overall, the experience was positive and well organized.
i applied online around october, got the OA around march/april originally for summer but headcount was reached so i expressed interest in being considered for their fall internship. they reached out in late may and got my interview scheduled in june
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LP behavioral questions, questions about gen ai and how i incorporate them. lc4 and lc130
LC top 100 tagged — would recommend doing the top 100 and it is likely you will have question from there — the first 40 mins were behavioral lp, then the technical
