I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2021
Interview
Data structures and algorithms, frontend design, backend system design, and also behavior + cultural fit interviews. Had lunch with team members and toured the office space. This was the final onsite interview, each interview was conducted with a different team member.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
-Parse a nested json object.
- Validate properly nested html tags.
- Design a frontend App + UI
- System Design Architecture
* Database design to support frontend app.
Interviewed for silicon team. Have only been asked about the domain specific knowledge in 1st round and system design in 2nd round and C coding in 3rd round.
The interviews were 50 mins each.
First round with hr screening - 2 leetcode questions then hr manager screening then the loop which consists of 4 interviews each an hour long. The 4 interview questions they asked where three medium leetcode questions. And one system design interview question about how to shadow deploy a test software to millions of users.
Recruiter reaches out after applying through Amazon careers, no referral. Had an initial OA, then after a month had four rounds in two days - three coding one system design. Each round had 30 min behavioral and 30 min coding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were mainly hashmap, sliding window and interval related.