I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2020
Interview
I was contacted by recruiter on LinkedIn, scheduled for OA test. I cleared the Online Assessment test within 90 minutes plus some behavior questions and go on the phone screen with recruiter
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2020
Interview
Initial Screening:
Call with the SDE engineer from the team that I was interviewing for. Behavioral question (15-20 mins) + Algorithmic question based on Binary trees. (Path between two nodes)
Virtual On-screen Interview:
Round 1(Bar Raiser): In-depth behavioral questions (25-30 mins). String manipulation question to incorporate discount calculations.
Round 2: 50 mins coding question (To create a library/ package to implement functionality similar to couple of Linux commands ) + 10mins behavioral questions
Round 3: 20mins behavioral + 40 mins Singly Linked List manipulation based on their positions.
Round 4: 15mins Behavioral + 45 mins object-oriented design based question for a library system
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Algorithmic question based on Binary trees. (Path between two nodes)
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2020
Interview
I contacted a technical recruiter in April and she sent me an invite for OA. After giving the OA, I got an email in 2-3 business days and was notified that I was selected for the final virtual on-site round, which was scheduled for 3 weeks later.
I had 5 interviews in a day where I got a chance to meet 7 Amazonians. Here's a breakdown of each interview:
Interview 1/2: first 15 min - ALP, followed by a coding exercise. Spent the last 5 min asking questions to the interviewer.
Interview 3: First 10 min - ALP, followed by coding exercise, a few more ALP questions and last few minutes to ask questions.
Interview 4: This round was entirely behavioral. I got to learn a lot about the product, the team, and future goals.
Interview 5: 15 min- ALP, followed by a System Design question and spent the last few minutes asking questions to the interviewer.
Overall Experience:
It was a wonderful experience. The interviewers were very friendly and helpful throughout the interview. They asked follow-up questions where they needed more information. They also answered every question I asked.