I applied through college or university. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Denver, CO) in Feb 2022
Interview
The interview is 2 main rounds. Round one was 2 parts. Round 1 part 1 was a hacker rank coding assessment. If you pass, then round1 part 2 is an online workplace simulation. It was pretty much analyzing algorithm performance, reading error logs to determine a problem, and a few "what would you do in this situation" type of questions. Then I was emailed about a month later for round 2, the final round. It was 3 interviews, 40% behavioral questions, and 60% coding questions. My coding questions were nothing like leetcode questions. They asked about hyperlinks in pages, a BST questions, and a question that required me to splice logs. The behavioral questions weren't worded the best, and it seemed like they were deciding how to word the questions on the spot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to learn something to solve a problem.
Tell me about a time you were given a difficult task.
Tell me about a time you had to meet a deadline.
Surprisingly easy — I expected tougher questions, but the coding round felt more like a warm-up. The main challenge was a DSA problem about counting islands in a 2D grid, which led to a discussion on DFS versus BFS and handling large grids. Funny enough, I had revisited that exact type of question while prepping on PracHub, which made me feel more confident. The interview wrapped up with a behavioral round, and I accepted an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it for another opportunity. Overall, it was a smooth experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands — given a 2D grid of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of connected islands. Walk through DFS vs BFS, and discuss how to avoid revisiting cells (in-place mutation vs visited set) and what changes if the grid is huge and must stream from disk.
It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.
Um teste de código online, se aprovado, vai para o loop. O loop é 4 entrevistas seguidas, duas em inglês e duas em português. 3 entrevistas técnicas de código, todas as 4 têm pergunta de liderança.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pergunta historicas baseada nos principios de lideranca da amazon.
