I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2020
Interview
I was interviewed by non-native English speaking SDE Intern. It was difficult to understand what he was saying, I asked him to repeat several times. In the end I understood the coding problem statement and I solved it. There was one behavioral question that I believe I responded well. The interviewer suggested that I qualified for a next interview phase and the HR will let me know when that will be. The HR reached out but the outcome was negative. Pretty tricky interviewer!
I received an Online Assessment (OA) invitation from Amazon. The assessment consisted of two coding questions of medium to hard difficulty, focusing on data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving skills. The questions required efficient solutions with optimized time and space complexity. After the OA, shortlisted candidates typically proceed to one or more technical interview rounds covering coding, system design, and behavioral questions based on Amazon's Leadership Principles.
Applied online via career site, received OA link within 2 days and cleared it, Round 1- DSA, Round-2 DSA, Round 3- System Design, Round 4- Mixed Technical Discussion and Behavioral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands (LC 200 - Medium): You are heavily advised to know how to traverse connected components using a 2D grid.
Interview involved one screening OA and one final day, 3 back to back interviews, one technical, one behavioral and one mix. Focused on leader ship principles and DSA and algo
