I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2009
Interview
I was referred by a classmate who was a hiring manager. There was a phone screen consisting of two 45 minutes interviews. They asked me to write the code on a paper and the reaad it aloud. For on-site interview, I had about 6 interviews. Pretty typical coding on a whiteboard routine. All kinds of questions. They were very aggressive with offering a high salary. Also, very aggressive with having me to sign the offer fter the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design an elevator control system in the highrise?
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.