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 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2012
Interview
A very relaxed interview with 2 different interviewers. The first interviewer seemed to have trouble with the way I was describing the algorithm, but I could have been describing it poorly. Everything was done through my school and as a result the interview took place on campus. They got back to me within a week.
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Question 1
Tell us about some of the work you have done, and what challenges you had developing that code.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2011
Interview
Have two phone interviews and one code-test. Amazonian likes priority queue. You definitely need to review this data structure. On-site interview consist of 3 2:1 interview. You will have lunch with the manager. Make sure that you impress him. During the on-site interview, Amazonian enjoys talking about tree manipulation.