I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2012
Interview
So I had the first phone interview with Amazon. It is exactly 45 minutes and pretty technical. I had to write code in C++ or Java online in collabedit.com. He started by asking me to design a restaurant program, that is a program to simulate restaurant interactions, using object oriented design. This we kind of just talked through together, pretty easy. Then I was asked what the differences are between a linked list and an array, which if you can't answer you probably shouldn't be applying here. Then two pretty simple but tricky coding question:
1) Write a function that receives 2 parameters, a and b, and return a^b.
2) Write the above function recursively.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The last question he asked me was a conceptual programming question. Here it is:
"Given a 1,000,000 element array of 1,000 digit binary integers in random order, how would you print it in order, but not necessarily sort the array?"
He put emphasis on the fact that they are all exactly 1,000 digits long. After some discussion I did not come up with a solution that was as efficient as he would have liked, so I don't know what the answer to this question is.
Great interview process with three rounds, including a technical assessment and a technical interview. The interviewers were professional and supportive throughout the process. The questions mainly focused on DSA, problem-solving, and core technical concepts. The discussions were engaging and provided a good opportunity to demonstrate technical skills. Overall, the process was well-structured, smooth, transparent, and a very positive experience.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Sydney)
Interview
I can't comment much. I submitted an application for the software engineer position, and not even a minute later, I received an auto rejection email from Amazon (never received an online assessment).
2 behavioral 2 coding not very difficult. Behavioral is tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role and biggest accomplishment. The process is exactly the guideline they posted for interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role
