I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2022
Interview
Stage 1. Call with Recruiter (one of the best, and probably the only good part in the whole process)
Stage 2. Technical OA, medium/easy LC Qs on linked list and string array manipulation
Stage 3. Virtual onsite (4 rounds)
-- 1 interviewer who is not in the interviewing team. (Amazon LP and one easy sorting hits Q)
-- System Design on Messenger (interviewer checked out after screen share did not work in Amazon chime. I used a notepad and pen. Later found out that browser needs to allow screen recording , which was not allowed by default in my new system).
-- Behavioral round with manager on Amazon LP Qs and one long Q with a simple solution on OOP. The interviewer just copy pasted it and told me to read it and solve when only 15mins was left.
-- one medium LC question (I used backtracking, interviewer was not impressed because I did not use Trie)
2/4 interviewers were one of the worst that I have ever been to because one was disrespectful, said "nice story" to my project experience which I was passionate about and had put a lot of hard work on. The other one had terrible audibility because of an accent like a bullet train and low mic quality, I had to ask several times to repeat, also dismissive behavior about all the working solutions I provided (DFS, BFS, backtracking).
Giving this a neutral experience still because it seems to be a team specific behavior, and I think I could have still done better. Use the interview window to make sure you don't land in a toxic team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The usual LP Qs. Tell me a complex problem you solved with a simple solution?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (London, England) in Jun 2022
Interview
Take Home Test => Phone Interview => Final round virtual interview
Take Home Test consists of 2 questions (1 easy, 1 more difficult) and some character fit questions.
Final round virtual interview (4 hours with 1 hour break in between). 3 rounds were coding, with 1 system design.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Dynamic programming problems
And a problem around code cleanliness and refactoring.
Be prepared to practice a lot of Leetcode, some of these questions are exactly the same but reworded.
And constantly speak out loud with your thought process and ask them if you are going down the right path
After I had applied for the position, I was invited to take sime online challenges as the first step but I couldn't finish them in time. The challenges were challenging but fun.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were 2 challenges related to Data Structure and Algorithms