The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2011
Interview
Applied by Amazon we-site, got a call 2-3 weeks after. Passed the first phone interview, week after - one more phone interview, week after - rejected.
From my point of view the first was not good, i did not expect the success result. The second was good from my point of view, but...
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
The first int: Create Queue class based on Stack (suppose Stack is already written and has basic methods). Change the class for using in multithread env.
The second int: You have a file like this:
asb
stop
sba
tops
.....
Write the program, which prints:
asb, sba
stop, tops
...
OK, you have 100gb file - approach? Using pure java? Why you use HashTable, not HashMap? What the difference? White sort for string (you use it in the algorithm)
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.