I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Calgary, AB) in May 2016
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter, who prompted me to complete a coding test on HackerRank. However, the recruiter neglected to send me the coding test, which forced me to reach out an contact the recruiter to ask for the test. At this point, I had received the coding test too late to be considered for the next round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have two operations: add by one and multiply by 2. Find the minimum number of operations to get from 0 to any particular integer.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC)
Interview
One online assessment and one virtual interview included a coding round and leadership principle questions; overall, the process was fairly straightforward and not overly challenging for me throughout the experience.
2 rounds:
1st round: 3 behaviorals: Tell me about yourself, tell me about a time you used Gen AI, tell me about a time you faced a problem in one of your experiences
Leetcode similar to LRU Cache but a variant
2nd round: 3 more behaviorals; tell me about yourself, a specific experience in my internship, a time you disagreed with manager/peer on a project
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Pretty difficult OA didn't need to get full score. One round technical interview with SDE. Interview was pretty easy, most people I knew at school and friends ended up passing the interview. Took about 1 month to hear back after interview
