I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Mountain View, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
First I had an OA with two questions, and a 1 hour 15 minutes to complete it. The questions would probably be called medium on leetcode, the most important part seemed to be picking the right data structure rather than knowing a particular algorithm. Based on the results of that, along with my other application materials, I was contacted by a recruiter for a specific job. There was a quick phone screen, mostly just "why are you interested in this company" type questions. I then moved on to a first round interview. The interview was with an engineer, and had a technical component, although it was more theoretical and didn't involve writing much code.
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They dug deep into some project I had on my resume, and specifically asked about why I had picked certain frameworks.
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.
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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.
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Given an m x n grid of characters board and a string word, return true if word exists in the grid.
