I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2011
Interview
Nothing really out of the ordinary. A little bit of preparation could have helped.
- Big O notation for Collections
- Design an object model for furniture company, hint: composition is the key
- Design data model for an e-shop and write sql (yes, over the phone) to retrieve customers/orders
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Design a data model for a Furniture company where each item needs to have a Type and a Material facets to it.
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
It was a 2-3 round process, depending on how your interview went, with increasingly hard DSA questions followed by some HR and behavioural questions. First round was mostly easy and medium leetcode, followed by medium and hard questions in the second round and above on more complex topics.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru)
Interview
The interview process consisted of an online assessment followed by two technical interview rounds and one behavioral round. The technical rounds focused on Data Structures, Algorithms, Java, and problem-solving skills. The behavioral round covered Amazon Leadership Principles and past project experiences. The interviewers were professional and the process was well structured.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Find the first non-repeating character in a string.