I applied through other source. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2009
Interview
I post resume on Monster.com. Few days later, received a call from Amazon asked if I was interested in carrer opportunities with Amazon.com. I said yes, then they arranged a phone-screen three days later.
During the phone-screen, the person asked some technical questions, something like:
You are given two lists of strings, print out all the alphabet appear in the lists in order and how many times.
Given a 2D 100*100 image, how will you shrink it to 50*50 image?
Since you are working on web application, what would be the problem you think Amazon would encouter ?
before asking technical question, he asked why Amazon and why left current position.
After several technical questions, he started to talk about my resume. Describe the current job, specifically asked how did I do performance tuning (I listed an example on resume that one data loading module was 7 times faster than before being tuned).
Finally, of course, he asked if i had any questions.
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Question 1
Since you are working on web application, what would be the problem you think Amazon would encouter ?
Straightforward interview process with clear communication. The interviewers asked about my background, relevant experience, technical skills, and how I would handle common workplace situations. Overall, it felt professional and organized.
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Question 1
They asked me to walk through my previous experience and explain how it related to the responsibilities of the role.
OA contained 2 coding questions and then followed by a multiple choice question on behavioral where they emphasized a lot on their leadership rules which you can find on their website
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Question 1
What is customer obsession and how do you apply it
Could not use AI during the first interview. The recruiter was helpful in the screener but the coding exam was tough including the take home test. Did a few Leetcode examples but apparently that wasn't enough.
