I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2009
Interview
The interviewer was very professional, My first phone interview went well. The interview was quite patient and encouraged my thought process and I could answer the questions. I was asked questions based on data structures. Second interview was similar, the interviewer asked me many non-technical questions like why Amazon, projects I have done and technical stuff like OOP concepts, two design problems. Interviewers are very helpful, they want to know more about how you try to tackle the problem, and do you catch the hints they give you.
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.