I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Mar 2022
Interview
After completing 90 minute algorithm task I was invited to 5 hour interview. I did 4 different interview with different persons from same domain. All interviewers except one very helpful and smiling.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
* find the all possible words in a 5x5 char array. assume that there is a valid word list, word chars can be any directions.
* design system question: design a system like pastebin
* coding question: design a library to find/filter files in system using an object oriented programming language
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Irvine, CA) in Mar 2022
Interview
Online coding problems which consisted of an IDE to code in multiple languages. Coding problems were timed to a total of 70 min for 2 problems. First based on algorithms and second based on common user I/O.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Coding question on mapping alphanumeric keys with a string to create least number of inputs
2. Question on building a basic interface for accounts
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Mumbai) in Feb 2022
Interview
Round 1: DSA round
The interviewer asked a question on Matrix (find the Kth smallest number in a matrix) which I solved using Binary Search but improvised it using Heaps, the interview went pretty long after 1 question he aseked me some behavioural questions
Round 2 was held on the same day which was a DSA round
Questions
1) Vertical Traversal of a binary Tree - solved using DFS traversal and then using Level order Traversal
2) A question on 2 pointer which was easy.
then few behavioural questions
2 days later I got a call from the recruiter and he scheduled my round 3
Round 3: DSA and Leadership
1 question on Graphs - Topological Sort - Alien Dictionary
then a long session on leadership principles
Round 4 - HR
Some basic HR questions
And on the next day I received a mail stating I was selected
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Find Kth smallest Element in a matrix
2) Vertical Order Tree Traversal
3) 2 pointer based question
4) Alien Dictionary