I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2016
Interview
I submitted my resume to many recruiters in LinkedIn and one of them sent me a document. This doc had one algorithm question which was easy and one system design problem with 3 questions. I took two days to solve the system design question. Two weeks later, I was setup for onsite interview at Seattle. They covered travel, accommodation and dining expenses.
Onsite interview was medium-hard difficulty.
I had 4 rounds starting in the afternoon (no lunch).
All rounds were of 45 min duration with 30min technical and 15min behavorial
1st round - algorithm (interview went good)
2nd round - distributed system (interview was okay)
3rd round - system and object oriented design (bad..)
4th round - bar raiser - algorithm question. (good)
It seemed that each interviewer was targeting on some specific leadership principle during behavioral interview.
Be very prepared with genuine examples where you have demonstrated leadership principles.
Do not let one bad interview round affect the next one.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Open ended discussion on how to scale and store data and have fallback servers and databases.
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.
The whole process stretched over nearly a month, longer than I anticipated. After an initial phone screen, I faced a technical round that included a Min Stack implementation question. We discussed design considerations and thread safety, which threw me for a bit. Fortunately, I remembered a specific mock interview I practiced on PracHub that mirrored this scenario closely, making me feel more at ease. Ultimately, I received an offer, but I chose to decline due to the company culture not feeling like the right fit.
