I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderābād) in Sep 2011
Interview
Online test , followed by onsite .
During onsite they gave me 3 problems to solve and later I had 3 interviews of which 1 interview was only technical where I was asked to code 1 problem . Online test had 5 programming questions to be solved in 2 hrs . The question are mostly based on fundamentals of computer science mainly composing of data structures like trees , lists , strings and arrays .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write code to convert a Binary Tree into a singly linked list by traversing level by level.
Surprisingly easy — I expected tougher questions, but the coding round felt more like a warm-up. The main challenge was a DSA problem about counting islands in a 2D grid, which led to a discussion on DFS versus BFS and handling large grids. Funny enough, I had revisited that exact type of question while prepping on PracHub, which made me feel more confident. The interview wrapped up with a behavioral round, and I accepted an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it for another opportunity. Overall, it was a smooth experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands — given a 2D grid of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of connected islands. Walk through DFS vs BFS, and discuss how to avoid revisiting cells (in-place mutation vs visited set) and what changes if the grid is huge and must stream from disk.
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.
Um teste de código online, se aprovado, vai para o loop. O loop é 4 entrevistas seguidas, duas em inglês e duas em português. 3 entrevistas técnicas de código, todas as 4 têm pergunta de liderança.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pergunta historicas baseada nos principios de lideranca da amazon.