Software Engineer 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2011
Interview
The interview process consisted of an initial technical phone interview, followed by a 'homework' assignment ( design a deck of cards and implement a shuffle function). The interviewer reviewed my resume and skills with me and the focus of the interview technical questions was on object oriented design and data structures and unix/linux knowledge/skills. I enjoyed the first interview and completed the assignment. After a few days, I was scheduled for a second phone interview, which did not go well at all. I think I did well on some of the technical questions, but didn't do well for a few questions ( what is a formula to calculate the angle between the hour hand and minute hand for a clock, and design an object oriented elevator system).
I did not enjoy talking to the second interviewer ( she seemed to talk down to me a little) and found her a little hard to understand sometimes.
I got a rejection email a couple of days later.
It helps to think aloud through these problems during the interview so they can understand your thought process. Overall, I think the interview process prepared me for similar positions I am interviewing for currently. Good luck!
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Design an object oriented elevator system . What classes , attributes and methods will you use to implement this ?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2011
Interview
Had lunch with the employees and they shared some work experience here and talked about what they were doing and what technical they used. Later, there will be 4 rounds 1:1 interviews, each took about 45minutes. They seem payed a lot of emphasize in the design patterns, including 2 design patterns questions in my interviews.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2011
Interview
My interview process went like this; I submitted my resume on website and recruiter emailed me 2 days after submitting my resume to schedule a phone interview the following week.
I don't interview over the phone well and should have asked myself these basic questions that I'm sure I use in practice all the time! Anyway - hope the experience helps someone else out!
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Describe difference between a Set and List - what are different ways of implementing them.