I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Blacksburg, VA) in Apr 2014
Interview
I had two 45 minute technical interviews. The first interview was more about core java concepts, while the second was a critical thinking technical question. You should know all your data structures really well, and be ready to apply them in situations presented. They are also looking for people that are passionate about emerging technologies and have a desire to constantly keep learning
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Ask questions about data structures and core java concepts.
That moment when the interviewer asked about finding indices in an array for a target sum was wild — I had just tackled something identical while prepping on PracHub. The interview included a technical round with another question about designing an in-memory LRU cache and a behavioral question about meeting tight deadlines. After a smooth discussion, I was told I'd received an offer, which I happily accepted. Overall, the process felt pretty straightforward and not overly challenging.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Given an array of integers return the indices of two numbers summing to a target
Interviewed for silicon team. Have only been asked about the domain specific knowledge in 1st round and system design in 2nd round and C coding in 3rd round.
The interviews were 50 mins each.
First round with hr screening - 2 leetcode questions then hr manager screening then the loop which consists of 4 interviews each an hour long. The 4 interview questions they asked where three medium leetcode questions. And one system design interview question about how to shadow deploy a test software to millions of users.