I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2011
Interview
Received email for full time position. I declined and asked for an internship position. They setup two back to back phone screens on one day. Cleared them and appeared for the next phone interview 2 weeks later.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Implement a Hash Map with o(1) for insert, delete, access and iteration over the HashMap is o(n) where n is the no if items remaining in the hashmap after some inserts and deletes
Hackerrank round first and then two LC questions as the final round (BFS/DFS medium). Also had a behaviour component, testing the leadership principles and how my experiences aligned with them.
Expect one behavioral LP question followed by a leetcode medium or hard for two rounds. Be prepared to answer in depth on the behavioral questions and review LeetCode’s list of questions from Amazon.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about what AI platforms you use to help you work more efficiently
HR interview, then I had 1 45 minute coding round with 10 minutes behavioral and 35 minutes coding. Behavioral round was typical star format questions probing at leadership principles. Ex. Tell me about a time you took initiative and it didn’t work out.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an m x n grid of characters board and a string word, return true if word exists in the grid.