On campus interview. Four round and each takes 45 mins. Questions include data structures(can be done easily with hash table and arraly/link list),Object Orient Design(how to model Card and Deck) , tree algorithms (find if two trees are identical; if a tree is a BST) and debugging. No difficult question but no idea what I do not get the offer.
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To secure the code about decrease an amount of money from account a and increase the same amount of money on account b.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
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Worst HR ever. Scheduled a 2nd interview and afterwards informed me that the position has been filled. ru kidding me?? I can understand to be a back-up, but cancelling without any explain is much too unrespectful. Can't you just do the interview and honestly tell me what's going on?
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Question 1
Warn: this is not a real question
Telling me the position has been filled after scheduling the interview
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2012
Interview
I applied to this position a while before I got contacted to set up a phone interview. Even though I had already gotten and started a job by that time, I was excited to interview with Amazon, a great company.
The first round phone interview went very smoothly. The interviewer was very friendly. The question fair to easy for a first round.
I guess I did well on the first round since I got to the second one. We set up a time for a second phone interview, however confirming receipt of the email slipped my mind (never let this kind of stuff happen). I only realized that an hour before the interview time. I quickly sent the interview coordinator an email. When she didn't reply within few minutes I gave her a call to try to save the situation. She said she will ping the interviewer and send me an email. After not receiving any sign for a while, I sent her a second email. Very disappointingly, I didn't hear from her until six days later (very disrespectful), when I received an email saying that they have decided to proceed with other condidates. And apparently that decision was made based on the results of the first interview, a statement that contradicts the company's invitation for a second round interview.
All this to say that I had a very bad experience overall, which seriously degraded the image I had of Amazon. The actions of the interview coordinator unfortunately ruined an otherwise very enjoyable experience.
I feel that my case was handled in a very unprofessional and disrespectful way.
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Question 1
Question pretty basic and straightforward. Java : difference between "steve"=="steve" and "steve".equals("steve")
Write code that finds common items in two unsorted lists. What's its complexity? How can you make it faster.