I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Tempe, AZ) in Feb 2016
Interview
One debugging question online interview and one programming phone interview. Cracking The Coding Interview is very useful and highly recommended for any interview process and plan ahead for any upcoming opportunity. Even with less preparation, just be enough confident for tackling any questions and start the modular approach, like what you need to do and then to do that thing, what different- different small tasks you need to fulfill and how this small tasks combinedly give you your desired result. It is kind of divide and conquer approach but very useful for thinking for any problem.
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