I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2013
Interview
Applied online through their website. Contacted me like a month after the application. They told me when i will have two consecutive phone interviews. Did not asked me even if i was available that time. I received an offer two months after the interviews.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
You are given the putChar(int) function in C (accepts ASCII code,
prints on the screen the character). Write a function putInt(int) that
accepts an int and prints on the screen the same int by only using the
putChar(int) function.
You are given a stock sequence like: 3, 6, 2,10, 5, 9. Each number
represents the price for buying/selling a certain stock each day. You
can buy once and sell only once. Find the maximum possible gain.
Hackerrank round first and then two LC questions as the final round (BFS/DFS medium). Also had a behaviour component, testing the leadership principles and how my experiences aligned with them.
Expect one behavioral LP question followed by a leetcode medium or hard for two rounds. Be prepared to answer in depth on the behavioral questions and review LeetCode’s list of questions from Amazon.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about what AI platforms you use to help you work more efficiently
HR interview, then I had 1 45 minute coding round with 10 minutes behavioral and 35 minutes coding. Behavioral round was typical star format questions probing at leadership principles. Ex. Tell me about a time you took initiative and it didn’t work out.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an m x n grid of characters board and a string word, return true if word exists in the grid.
