I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderābād) in Apr 2012
Interview
First round was online coding +apti. Aptitude was kind of moderately difficult and the coding questions were pretty simple. But you must be aware of using libraries in any language so that you don't have to code all of it. For example, my question required sorting and I was coding in C. I had to switch to Java so that I could use Collections.sort(). Couple of weeks past, I got a mail for telephonic interview which was primarily based on my CV. My skills and projects were asked. Apart from that some basic binary tree coding problems were asked. Next, I was invited for on-site interview where I went for rounds after rounds. Until the third round I could see people walking out. For the fourth and the final round, only 5 out of initial 50 candidates remained.
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Surprisingly easy — I expected tougher questions, but the coding round felt more like a warm-up. The main challenge was a DSA problem about counting islands in a 2D grid, which led to a discussion on DFS versus BFS and handling large grids. Funny enough, I had revisited that exact type of question while prepping on PracHub, which made me feel more confident. The interview wrapped up with a behavioral round, and I accepted an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it for another opportunity. Overall, it was a smooth experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands — given a 2D grid of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of connected islands. Walk through DFS vs BFS, and discuss how to avoid revisiting cells (in-place mutation vs visited set) and what changes if the grid is huge and must stream from disk.
It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Calgary, AB) in Jun 2026
Interview
Online Assessment is the first step in the process. I didn’t have an HR phone screening and went straight to the OA after applying. It was sent to me about a week after I submitted my application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first question is LeetCode style algorithms question, and the second question gives a full stack repo (choice of Java, NodeJS, or Django) and asks to solve a backend issue which is causing a bug in the frontend. Unit tests must pass to pass the second question. You can run both backend/frontend indivdually or together