I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2011
Interview
Applied online through company website.
About a week later they contacted back for a phone interview.
The phone interview takes about an hour.
Asked why Amazon, some background questions, then technical questions.
The technical question includes.
1. compare Java and C++. function calls, VM, target execution, language features, etc.
2. The web site with 2 app servers and 1 database server is slow. Explain how you wound investigate it and make it faster.
2 behavioral 2 coding not very difficult. Behavioral is tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role and biggest accomplishment. The process is exactly the guideline they posted for interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role
It was a 2-3 round process, depending on how your interview went, with increasingly hard DSA questions followed by some HR and behavioural questions. First round was mostly easy and medium leetcode, followed by medium and hard questions in the second round and above on more complex topics.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru)
Interview
The interview process consisted of an online assessment followed by two technical interview rounds and one behavioral round. The technical rounds focused on Data Structures, Algorithms, Java, and problem-solving skills. The behavioral round covered Amazon Leadership Principles and past project experiences. The interviewers were professional and the process was well structured.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Find the first non-repeating character in a string.
