I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2025
Interview
Interview loop of 3 team members, including a bar raiser. All were senior managers with minimum 7 -10 years of work experience at Amazon, at the very least. Bar raiser was based on LPs and dived deep into my resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You're handling requests for Alexa and parsing to ensure Alexa can set a reminder or delete a reminder. The prompt starts with "Alexa, " followed by a verb. Define the next steps and how you'd parse the response and accordingly how you'd return whether to set a reminder or not. Include error handling of action not defined or improper verb or improper command (not starting with alexa)
I received an Online Assessment (OA) invitation from Amazon. The assessment consisted of two coding questions of medium to hard difficulty, focusing on data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving skills. The questions required efficient solutions with optimized time and space complexity. After the OA, shortlisted candidates typically proceed to one or more technical interview rounds covering coding, system design, and behavioral questions based on Amazon's Leadership Principles.
Applied online via career site, received OA link within 2 days and cleared it, Round 1- DSA, Round-2 DSA, Round 3- System Design, Round 4- Mixed Technical Discussion and Behavioral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands (LC 200 - Medium): You are heavily advised to know how to traverse connected components using a 2D grid.
Interview involved one screening OA and one final day, 3 back to back interviews, one technical, one behavioral and one mix. Focused on leader ship principles and DSA and algo
