The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2012
Interview
I got this opportunity by submitting my resume on the career website of Amazon through the graduate entrance. After two weeks, I got email for the phone interview. They asked me for giving several available dates for the interview.
The interview process is good and the interviewer is very patient. The questions are basic algorithm questions, but you need to calm down. I was nervous and made some mistakes. But that is OK, because they also care about you ability to think and finding errors. So the recommendation is trying to provide more ideas in the interview process not just using one method to solve the problem.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
write a function to check if a binary tree is a binary search tree.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Sydney)
Interview
I can't comment much. I submitted an application for the software engineer position, and not even a minute later, I received an auto rejection email from Amazon (never received an online assessment).
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.
