I applied through other source. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2017
Interview
Two questions. That was all. Interviewer did not try to get to know me nor did they try to ask about my EXTENSIVE background, speaking experience (or that I was one of the original team at Amazon from 95-98). He asked his two coding questions, said thank you and that was that. It was a planned rejection that was just going through the motions of the hiring process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were no unexpected questions. It was merely being asked to code on the fly with differing requirments. As I explained to interviewer, Amazon calls me sometimes 3-4 times a month and I would get different requirements depending on the interviewer so it was crazy what I would get for requirements... they would change everytime depending on the interviewer
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