I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Got an email inviting me to apply. Applied online. First round interview involved debugging and logic/reasoning test. The bugs were pretty elementary - i.e. index out of range.
Second round interview involved more coding. It started with a simulation of a day in the life at Amazon where you had to respond to emails and help prioritize tasks. Next were a bunch of coding questions. Had a live proctor watching me through my videocam which was kind of weird.
Final round, I flew out to Seattle and took part in a group interview. The only part we did as a group was analyzing time-complexity of some code and then the rest of the day we spent working on our own. We all worked on our coding in the same room, though. Throughout the day, we were called into interviews with current employees and asked about our code process and what we were going to do next, or what we could have done to make it better. There were a few other what-if scenarios where you tell them what part of your code you would enhance/change to make it work with the new constraints.
They said that we would find out if we received an offer within two business days. However, I did not hear for about two weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't remember. Asked me how I could improve my code a lot and how I could make it more efficient.
total 5 rounds - First OA assessment, quick telephone interview with recruiter, followed by 4 back to back technical and behavioral rounds. In technical round question were around topological graph sorting, cycle detection in linked list, and LRU cache. In behavioral round, the question were based on their 16 principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you manage the disagreement at your workplace.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
The process started with a brief 30-minute phone screening with a recruiter, focusing on my background and resume.
After that, I was invite to a technical video interview with a senior engineer. This round lasted about 60 minutes, starting with a brief introduction, followed by a live coding challenge on a shared editor, and ended with a few questions about system design basics and my past projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement a function to find the first non-repeating character in a string and discuss its time and space complexity.
During the coding round, I was thrown a problem on edit distance that felt eerily familiar. Mid-way through, I realized it was the same question I had practiced on PracHub just a few days earlier. The interview included a system design question about the Amazon Locker service, which required me to think through various components and customer flows. The final round involved behavioral questions that focused on leadership principles. Overall, the process was challenging but fair, and I was thrilled to receive an offer that I happily accepted.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Compute the edit distance between two strings and walk through the DP table and optimizations.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 3,658 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Engineer according to 3,658 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 10%
Personality test: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Background check: 4%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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