I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Singapore)
Interview
Phone interview with online white board coding. Called from Seattle, due to time difference it's very 5am in Singapore. Head not very clear yet. The interview is just 1 hour so got like only one shot. Questions r not hard just need a clear mind and quick response. It bummed me out i missed it :( Should have an invited interview session if passed the phone screen.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe ur most successful or challenging work. How u dealt with it. Ur familiar design patterns. Coding question is, given a file as a String, compute a histogram of the words in the file.
Recruiter screen, online assessment, technical interviews, and behavioral rounds focused heavily on Amazon Leadership Principles. The process was structured, with a strong emphasis on problem-solving, coding skills, and examples demonstrating impact and ownership.
Recruiter screen, followed by an online coding assessment and then a technical phone interview. The final round was a virtual onsite loop with multiple interviews covering data structures, system design, debugging, and Amazon Leadership Principles. The technical questions were practical but time-constrained, and the behavioural questions required specific examples using the STAR format.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a scalable URL shortening service and explain how you would handle high read traffic, collisions, database schema, expiration, and basic monitoring.
That moment when the interviewer asked about finding indices in an array for a target sum was wild — I had just tackled something identical while prepping on PracHub. The interview included a technical round with another question about designing an in-memory LRU cache and a behavioral question about meeting tight deadlines. After a smooth discussion, I was told I'd received an offer, which I happily accepted. Overall, the process felt pretty straightforward and not overly challenging.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Given an array of integers return the indices of two numbers summing to a target