I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2018
Interview
Initial job description/location preference discussion with the recruiter. This was followed up with an online technical assessment, which had 2 problems to solve in 90 mins. The problems are tricky but not hard once you settle your nerves down and give it a good read. But make sure you practice your data structures before you make an attempt.
Recruiter was quick to follow up the next day as my assessment went well. This was followed up with another technical phone interview after a week. Data structures (Lists/Trees/Arrays) are discussed and then a problem is to be solved on shared document (with a follow up, if you solve it in time).
I had to ping recruiter after I did not hear back from him after a few days. Onsite was scheduled after a few weeks, practise leetcode easy/medium difficulty. Glassdoor also helps! Make sure you know DS and there behavioural customer values. For some reason your onsite fate will be HIGHLY dependent on that! Make sure you write down 2-3 examples from your career for each question. 20-30 minutes of each of your 5 onsite interview will be behavioural.
I was disappointed to not get an offer as I did well for the "most" part. But overall it was a good fun learning experience that helps you reflect and freshen up on those rusty skillsets that you tend to forget easily.
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 3,658 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 3,658 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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