The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2011
Interview
I had two phone interviews at amazon the passed both and waiting for the third one.
The first interview was so short. it took about 20 minutes the interviewer asked general data structures question and questions related to web development.
The second interview was long and took about an hour. the interviewer asked about data structures as well and some data base and memory related questions/
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.