I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2012
Interview
Had 2 phone interviews. For the first interview I got some common questions and then a technical question: print all permutations of a string. The interviewer was nice and patient, giving hints along way. The phone conversation ends after 1 hour but I continue to work on that and send him my complete answer later. The second interview consists many technical questions and I did not so good.
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.