I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2017
Interview
Amazon's SWE internship process this year consisted of two online tests and a final phone interview. I successfully passed the first online test, which consisted of debugging questions and some logic puzzles. The next online test had two typical coding questions (Linked List and LRU Cache). The final phone interview was very basic. I was asked some basic behavioral questions, and then spent most of the time on some technical questions (more Linked List questions). To my disbelief, even though I had solved the problems the interviewer gave me, I received a rejection email in 24 hours. Normally Amazon takes about at least a week to get back to you so I was surprised, especially since I correctly solved the problems. Perhaps something else in my application must have warranted a 24-hour rejection, but it is frustrating, nonetheless.
Applied online, heard back after a month with a simple programming/critical thinking online test. This was followed just days after by an online coding test. Overall a great process and fun questions. Did not get invited to a phone/in-person interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first round was really simple, just some for-loop debugging and logical brain-teasers.
The second was an actual coding test. Two questions, 70 minutes. The first was an easy one about trees. The second is difficult to explain. Given two arrays, perform some odd calculations with them.
The biggest thing to look out for is that these questions were coded into word problems dealing with contrived ordering/shipping scenarios. I spent too much time trying to understand the word problem and didn't leave enough time for the actual problem.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2017
Interview
There were 2 online test and one phone interview. The 1st online test involved multiple choice analytical questions and the 2nd involved 2 coding problems, both lasted about an hour. The phone interview was 45 minutes and involved technical questions and a coding problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a root of a tree and two integer x,y coordinates, return the node at a given x,y coordinate.