I applied through other source. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Dublin, Dublin) in Apr 2015
Interview
1 Hour Telephone Technical interview.
1 Hour coding test.
I guess there would have been a longer process but I did not get beyond this stage.
I did not get the coding challenge done: serialize and desterilize a tree to a file done.
Overall it sounds like a great place to work, would say I am disappointed I did not get it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Questions about Amazon
2. General questions about a project you were proud of.
3. General questions about a time where you failed.
4. Quite a few technical questions
Recruiter screen, online assessment, technical interviews, and behavioral rounds focused heavily on Amazon Leadership Principles. The process was structured, with a strong emphasis on problem-solving, coding skills, and examples demonstrating impact and ownership.
Recruiter screen, followed by an online coding assessment and then a technical phone interview. The final round was a virtual onsite loop with multiple interviews covering data structures, system design, debugging, and Amazon Leadership Principles. The technical questions were practical but time-constrained, and the behavioural questions required specific examples using the STAR format.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a scalable URL shortening service and explain how you would handle high read traffic, collisions, database schema, expiration, and basic monitoring.
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