I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2021
Interview
I applied through a referral after I got a coding test link in which they've asked 2 coding problems and some reasoning questions. After that, I've got into the first technical round in which the interviewer asked me 3 DSA problems and I solved them. On the same day, I got a call from HR about my second round in that round interviewer asked me 2 DSA problems and we discussed a bit on projects as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. OA : there were 2 coding problems given as well as reasoning given.
2. In my first technical round interviewer asked me about introduce yourself. Then asked me first DSA problem : generate all balanced parantheses string of size N
Second question was : find max elements of every K sized window in array.
Third question was : bottom level view of tree.
3. In second round of technical interview first she asked me about introduction and then projects that I've created and what kind of issues I've faced and how I resolved and what I learnt from that? After that we directly move forward with DSA question.
First question was about prefix sum and query.
Second question was finding LCA in binary tree.
i applied online around october, got the OA around march/april originally for summer but headcount was reached so i expressed interest in being considered for their fall internship. they reached out in late may and got my interview scheduled in june
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LP behavioral questions, questions about gen ai and how i incorporate them. lc4 and lc130
LC top 100 tagged — would recommend doing the top 100 and it is likely you will have question from there — the first 40 mins were behavioral lp, then the technical
The Quick DSA Check: A 20-minute easy question usually means the company treats coding as a baseline filter rather than a tool to stump you. They want to see clean code, good communication, and proper edge-case handling without the stress of a complex puzzle.
The Deep Dive: Spending time on your projects and tech stack allows you to show ownership. Interviewers love to see why you chose a specific technology and how you handle technical trade-offs.
The Behavioral Weight: A full 30 minutes dedicated to behavioral questions means this team deeply cares about culture fit, communication, and how you collaborate under pressure.
