I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in Aug 2019
Interview
The interview experience was too good. The questions asked were in high standard.
I was able to answer a few and not few. The process was very feeble. The interviewer can help candidates by giving at least a hint. Not all the questions the interviewer has in hand will be prepared by the candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First Round:
Construct Binary Tree from an array
In an array for each element find the Next Greater Element
In a matrix of 0's and 1's find the row which has only 1's
Second Round
In a column wise and row wise sorted matrix search for an element also find the kth greatest element
Merge two sorted arrays
Trapping Rain Water Problem
Arrange an array in a zig zag fashion
Round 3:
Class Design for Cards game and play a game for bluff or to get a blackjack
OOPS
Design a system like book my show
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.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Calgary, AB) in Jun 2026
Interview
Online Assessment is the first step in the process. I didn’t have an HR phone screening and went straight to the OA after applying. It was sent to me about a week after I submitted my application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first question is LeetCode style algorithms question, and the second question gives a full stack repo (choice of Java, NodeJS, or Django) and asks to solve a backend issue which is causing a bug in the frontend. Unit tests must pass to pass the second question. You can run both backend/frontend indivdually or together
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
Recruiter reached out and set up an onsite loop after the initial steps. Four back to back rounds in one day. Two coding heavy rounds run by senior engineers, one round with the hiring manager, and one behavioral round with a bar raiser. Mix of leadership principles and data structures throughout. Heard back within a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard BFS grid problem. Given a grid, find the time for all cells to reach a target state where the spread happens one layer at a time.
How did you answer: Clarified the constraints, walked through the approach, then coded a clean BFS from all starting points at once. Tracked the number of layers until everything was covered.