I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2020
Interview
Completed a three-part OA in about 2 weeks. Each session was about 60-90 minutes long. Received results usually the day of each session. After the last OA session, I waited about 2 weeks until I was notified about the final round scheduling.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One of the coding questions was a variation of Num-Islands—given a grid of chars [a-z], find number of islands
Interview involved one screening OA and one final day, 3 back to back interviews, one technical, one behavioral and one mix. Focused on leader ship principles and DSA and algo
Good and better interview so far its worth giving a try rather than not. Good interviewer pleasant speaking and comfortable so far its worth giving a try rather than not good interviewer pleasant speaking and good
The process began with an Online Assessment (OA) featuring two coding challenges and a work style simulation. This was followed by a technical phone screen. The final round consisted of 4–5 virtual onsite interviews covering Data Structures & Algorithms, System Design, and a heavy emphasis on Amazon's Leadership Principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a top-K leaderboard system for a massive multiplayer online game