I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2010
Interview
Had 2 phone interviews. I passed the first one so they scheduled the second phone interview, which I did not do well. Perhaps because I this is the first time I do online coding while the interviewer is watching. I jumped on coding too quick before coming up with a clear solution.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Given k number of sorted arrays, describe an algorithm to merge them into one array with each element remain sorted. Analyze the complexity.
Given a series or integers, write a program to print them out in random order in equal probabilities. In other words, each time your program runs the output should be different, but each output has equal probabilities.
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.