I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2021
Difficult interview
Application
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2021
Interview
Phone screening- 60 mins.
Behavioral Type Questions - 30 mins.
Linguistics - 10 mins (IPA Transcription in detail)
Python - 10 mins (regular expressions: Mobile number extraction)
Questions for the interviewer - 10 mins
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
IPA Transcription with details including suprasegmental.
regular expressions: Phone number extraction.
It was overall a good experience. The interview went longer than was supposed to be. Make sure to phrase your experiences in a STAR manner. The interviewers don't give back a feedback at the end of the interview which was the only downside.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly behavorial questions (STAR) on past experiences, questions on phonetics, IPA transcriptions and a live coding round that included regex testing
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Cambridge, England) in May 2021
Interview
Three parts: 1) behavioural questions with a sequence of "tell me more" (30 mins), 2) technical questions (25 mins) for transcription theory/practice and coding, 3) questions to the interviewer (5 mins).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What was the project I am particularly proud of - with probing?
2. What is the difference between phonetics and phonology?
3. A couple of transcriptions with explanation what assimilation is and contexts where it appears.
4. Find all intervocalic 'd's in a list of lists using Python.
