The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2010
Interview
Recently went through a really long interview process with Amazon which ended in no offer. The process included 3 phone interviews and as per me, I did well in them. I may have taken a little long on some common (still tricky questions) as I haven't looked at them before but in the end I did manage to come up with a solution on my own with some hints from the interviewer. Apart from this, I really can't see any other issue as most other questions I already knew solutions for. I was really hoping for an onsite interview opportunity but instead got a reject.
I know amazon have some high bars for their positions but from this process, I really can't make out where I fell short. Anyway will try again in future.
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2010
Interview
Basic data structure and algorithms questions. Some puzzles. Some specialized but knowledge based questions on topics pertinent to the job role I was interviewing for. Code/pseudocode on phone. Same was expected on whiteboard in the 1:1's. One interviewer was a bit standoffish, but the rest were quite nice to interact with.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2010
Interview
I posted my resume on Monster and got a recruiter email to schedule interview within a week. The interviewer was some Indian guy and the interview was completely technical in nature. There were no formal introductions and I was required to have pen and paper to code some questions. Overall difficult interview but the interviewer was very helpful and encouraging. I am supposed to have another telephonic next week.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Given a series of N strings, find a set of repeating string of size 3
e.g. ababadefb
Given N numbers of memory size 1 bit per number and another memory set of size M bits, find the M largest bits from given N numbers without using additional memory
Staircase problem: Given a stair of size N and two ways to reach next step, take 1 step at a time or take 2 steps at a time. What is the total possible ways you can reach staircase of particular length?