I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Jan 2011
Interview
The interview process is pretty straight forward. 1 or 2 Telephonic rounds. Here majorly the candidate's problem solving and coding skills are tested. If the interviewer feels there is a concern in these areas, most probably the candidate will not make it to the next round.
After that there will be an in house interview with 4-5 rounds, mainly concentrating on coding, problem solving, computer science fundamentals, Data structures & algorithms, culture fit.
Here the most important aspect is Data Structures & algorithms, problem solving and coding. If anywhere there is a concern the loop will be cut in between.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The culture fit question: How the candidate takes the ownership, how he has contributed in his previous organization
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.