I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Initial contact was a phone interview by the team manager focused on experience, with a followup technical phone interview with another member of the team that included some specific code questions. After passing those, I was flown to the headquarters in Seattle for a full day interview with seven different employees, each interviewing me one-on-one for about 45 minutes. The employees were from various teams within Amazon, some were technical, and some were managers. Each had a slightly different slant, from whiteboard algorithm coding to cultural fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were project manager for a large-scale application just entering market, how would you build the support team necessary to manage the influx of new users?
Surprisingly easy — I expected tougher questions, but the coding round felt more like a warm-up. The main challenge was a DSA problem about counting islands in a 2D grid, which led to a discussion on DFS versus BFS and handling large grids. Funny enough, I had revisited that exact type of question while prepping on PracHub, which made me feel more confident. The interview wrapped up with a behavioral round, and I accepted an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it for another opportunity. Overall, it was a smooth experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands — given a 2D grid of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of connected islands. Walk through DFS vs BFS, and discuss how to avoid revisiting cells (in-place mutation vs visited set) and what changes if the grid is huge and must stream from disk.
It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.
Um teste de código online, se aprovado, vai para o loop. O loop é 4 entrevistas seguidas, duas em inglês e duas em português. 3 entrevistas técnicas de código, todas as 4 têm pergunta de liderança.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pergunta historicas baseada nos principios de lideranca da amazon.
