I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Warsaw, Masovia) in Feb 2017
Interview
I was contacted by recruiter and got to on-line programming test service (after contact check yor SPAM folder - the invitation doesn't com from amazon domain and the link domain doesn't lead to domain the mail comes from). After online programming skill test I was contacted by a recruiter again and informed about following steps and how to answer questions and solve tasks. Two days of interview were given for choice. Reimbusement travel form was sent and the hotel was reserved and paid by Amazon. The interview took place in another hotel nearby. I was sat in one hotel room, got to sign NDA and was visited by four project or product managers with whom I talked 1:1. After the two there was a 30min break. They told about themselves and what kind of projects I could work on in their part of a company. They examined problem solving approach, system design skills and soft skills called "leadership". All was drawn on a paper, only amazonians were carrying laptops and were making notes.
The next week a recruiter called to summarize the evaluation and inform that there was no success and when the next attempt can have place.
I was told that if I was proposed a job after the interview I will talk with those people again to choose where I choose to work. Maybe next time.
Despite defeat, it was valuable experience.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Imagine that there is no {some popular Internet brand}. Propose a system that implements this functionality.
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.
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.
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.
Software Developer 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 Developer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 3,657 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 Developer according to 3,657 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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