The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2011
Interview
Technical Interview - They were basically looking for code optimiztion in terms of space and time complexity
1. WAP to find depth of a binary tree(not binary search tree).
2. WAP to reverse a linked list.
3. WAP to reverse a linked list with a loop.
I wasn't able to develop the logic for the third question and latter I was told that this conversion was not possible.
Then I was asked to write a code to check if reversing was possible
if possible then reverse it otherwise throw an exception.
The second interviewr asked me some basic HR questions related to my projects and java
Diff between final finally and finalize
Diff between abstract class and interface
The I was asked to write a program(and latter code it), to find the find the word which had the max frequency in the given sentence.
Basically they were looking forward to how you approach the problem, so they encouraged to come up with the various approaches and finally implement the best approach
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC)
Interview
One online assessment and one virtual interview included a coding round and leadership principle questions; overall, the process was fairly straightforward and not overly challenging for me throughout the experience.
2 rounds:
1st round: 3 behaviorals: Tell me about yourself, tell me about a time you used Gen AI, tell me about a time you faced a problem in one of your experiences
Leetcode similar to LRU Cache but a variant
2nd round: 3 more behaviorals; tell me about yourself, a specific experience in my internship, a time you disagreed with manager/peer on a project
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Pretty difficult OA didn't need to get full score. One round technical interview with SDE. Interview was pretty easy, most people I knew at school and friends ended up passing the interview. Took about 1 month to hear back after interview
