I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2010
Interview
I was first contacted by their HR in late October about the possible position in Amazon. I had two phone interviews with them. Both interviewers are friendly. They asked mostly CS and programming related questions as well as the OOD problem. I did well in the phone interviews. After a week, I was informed that they want me to go on-site for a formal interview.
The onsite interview was tough, I've talked to seven interviewers. Each one for one hour. Most interviewers are friendly. Some questions are really tough and open. I know I still have so much to improve interms of my technical skill. After all, I am a fresh graduate trying land my first job. I didn't get the offer as I expected. But I feel I learned a lot.
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.