Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2009
Interview
That was my first phone intervew. Inteviewer introduced himself first, and asked to introduce my experience, and what challenges I had in my work. Quickly we got into the technical questions. The first one is to find if there are pairs of numbers in a list which can be added up to a target number. The second one is about multithreading. Just basic concepts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find if there are any pairs of numbers in a list which can be added up to a target number.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2009
Interview
I was referred by a classmate who was a hiring manager. There was a phone screen consisting of two 45 minutes interviews. They asked me to write the code on a paper and the reaad it aloud. For on-site interview, I had about 6 interviews. Pretty typical coding on a whiteboard routine. All kinds of questions. They were very aggressive with offering a high salary. Also, very aggressive with having me to sign the offer fter the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design an elevator control system in the highrise?