I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2019
Interview
I applied through referral and got interviewed at Amazon Seattle, WA on Feb 2019.
The recruiter and interviewers were nice and supportive throughout the process. The arrangement for the onsite interview was amazing! Thanks to Amazon.
The 1st interview was a technical screen share interview. Then, I was invited for an onsite interview which had 5 rounds of 1 hour each.
1 round - System Design,
1 on JS, HTML, CSS,
2 - data structure(array and hashmap),
1 - discussion for 1 hour on just 1 project which was really tough to survive. Expected security knowledge too.
I wasn't really prepared for data structures as I should be as per the level of Amazon due to lack of time. But, whatever I learned for its preparation is really helpful for me today.
Suggestion- Don't just expect to be front end position. You will be asked questions like what measures did you take from the security perspective? You need to have knowledge of security, networking protocols, and full-stack. For system design, I did youtube videos and material given by the recruiter.
The process was standard for a front-end role. It began with an initial recruiter screening followed by a technical phone interview focused on JavaScript fundamentals. Afterward, there was a virtual onsite consisting of three rounds: a live coding challenge (DSA), a specialized React/system design round, and a final behavioral culture-fit discussion with the engineering manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you explain the difference between the Task (Macrotask) Queue and the Microtask Queue in the JavaScript Event Loop? Specifically, how does the browser prioritize Promise resolutions over scheduled callbacks from a setTimeout function, and what impact does this have on UI rendering performance?
First part was general questions about my past work, the projects I’ve done, and my overall experience.
The second part was a 30-minute technical assessment done through a link they provided.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions about my past work, the projects I’ve done, and my overall experience.
The interview process was an initial online assessment, a phone interview, and then a super round interview, with 3 interviews in one day. The problems weren't the most complicated, but the superround was challenging because the interviews are back to back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to implement a tic-tac-toe game in HTML and vanilla JS.