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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Sent my resume via their apply link; received an email ~2 weeks later asking me to complete an online coding screening interview. The first portion of the interview was 90 minutes long and contained three coding questions. The second portion was 60 minutes long and contained ~20 behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a linked list containing integers as values, write an algorithm that detects if there is a loop or cycle in the list.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
They came to campus, but had only a limited number of times available so I had to do it over the phone. The guy who interviewed me over the phone didn't seem interested in doing the interview. He asked me to write a few algorithms in Java and then asked some conceptual Java questions as well.
Although I heard that Amazon Software Engineers have very demanding work schedule, I applied anyway since it looks like the company is growing like crazy and needs lots of developers. The process was tough with heavy emphasis on technical questions. I wished I had remembered all my data structures and algorithms studies from school better...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write the code to read in characters from a file and print out the top 10 most used. What if they are 32 bit characters? What if it’s a 4GB file and you only have 1GB of ram?