I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
First go through the resume and ask me about the project that I have done. And a few questions about basic data structures like hash table and linked list. Later on moved to the online programming part. The problem is Reverse Polish Notation. I have never heard such a term before and failed to implement it.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Dec 2012
Interview
Recruiter had short-listed my profile from one of the job portals and contacted me to schedule an online coding test on interviewstreet.
The questions were:
1. Find all prime numbers before the given number n.
2. Find the kth largest number in a BST
3. Find the transpose of a given matrix.
4. Given a directory with several different files. Find the student with max avearge number.
one more, which I dont remember.
Time given was 2 hrs.
After going through, had the first telephonic round.
Questions asked were:
1. Find the missing card in a deck. The cards are passed as a stream of input.
2. Find the median of 2 sorted arrays.
3. Construct a tree from the post and preorder traversals. [Asked to mail the code for the same within 15-20 mins.]
I messed up and hence within a week got a regret mail, but the experience helped me in identifying my areas of improvement.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the missing card:
I gave an O(n) space approach using hashtables, but he wanted a much better optimized solution, after some thinking thought of using only required bits or using the cards as an A.P., however these thoughts came after the interview.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
For interns:
A written test followed by two rounds of interview
Typical process:
One or two rounds of phone interviews - mostly problem solving, Algo and DS
Three rounds of in person interviews - again problem solving, algo, DS and coding