I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2013
Interview
My school is not one of the schools where Amazon recruits from. I started by going to the Amazon jobs site and applying to all the positions that I thought I was a good fit for. A week or two after I filled out my applications, I got an email from an Amazon recruiter inviting me to an on-site group interview (no phone screens prior to this). They flew me to Seattle, put me in a hotel nearby, and we (the other interviewees and myself) participated in an all-day coding exercise. I cannot discuss the problem that they gave us, but once we finished, we were free to leave. Spent the rest of the evening exploring Seattle, flew back home, and am now waiting for a response from them.
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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.
