I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2011
Interview
Java Int
Guy called me - started with the plan of interview..first 20 mts this...20 mts that
then
whats final finalize finally
hashmap implementation and tree -which one is good
what happens if there is collision in bucket - [hashmap] [all correct]
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Gave me a requirement - he wanted me to impl it.
req-
process1 upgrade
do this 1[lets say a job - write to file]
do this 2
process 2
do that 3
call process 1 upgrade
end process 2 upgrade
existing process 2 do this[so upgrade stops here.]
design/ code in java - where i want to upgrade processes.
I mean even if we get the question, you will have to apply your thinking and coding/design ability to come up with the result.
ALSO - ask questions - cos he hardly mentioned anything.
[did not complete-tried to be too cool]
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last - write fibonacci series in java.[done in a min]
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i did fumble on design thing cos - i went with a very generic approach anf the time just ran out. he gave 15 mts i guess...
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well i did ok, but i think im out.
prepare for int by learning few algos and trying to apply them in real time.
Other Software Developer Interview Reviews for Amazon
Interviewed for silicon team. Have only been asked about the domain specific knowledge in 1st round and system design in 2nd round and C coding in 3rd round.
The interviews were 50 mins each.
First round with hr screening - 2 leetcode questions then hr manager screening then the loop which consists of 4 interviews each an hour long. The 4 interview questions they asked where three medium leetcode questions. And one system design interview question about how to shadow deploy a test software to millions of users.
Recruiter reaches out after applying through Amazon careers, no referral. Had an initial OA, then after a month had four rounds in two days - three coding one system design. Each round had 30 min behavioral and 30 min coding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were mainly hashmap, sliding window and interval related.