I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I initially got contacted for a full time but then requested an interview for an internship as i graduate in 2015. I had two 45 minute phone interview, pretty standard questions, Given a log of users visit to a site for a day, how would you find returning users given the log visit for another day. I can't remember other questions but they all focused on knowing how to use data structures, runtime and design. I got and acceptance letter two weeks later.
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Given a log of users visit to a site for a day, how would you find returning users given the log visit for another day
Hackerrank round first and then two LC questions as the final round (BFS/DFS medium). Also had a behaviour component, testing the leadership principles and how my experiences aligned with them.
Expect one behavioral LP question followed by a leetcode medium or hard for two rounds. Be prepared to answer in depth on the behavioral questions and review LeetCode’s list of questions from Amazon.
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Tell me about what AI platforms you use to help you work more efficiently
HR interview, then I had 1 45 minute coding round with 10 minutes behavioral and 35 minutes coding. Behavioral round was typical star format questions probing at leadership principles. Ex. Tell me about a time you took initiative and it didn’t work out.
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Question 1
Given an m x n grid of characters board and a string word, return true if word exists in the grid.