I applied through other source. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2011
Interview
Amazon contacted me when I updated my resume on Monster. After a call from their recruiter, I was asked for a first technical phone interview. I did not do well in that interview, however I got asked to do a second technical interview in which you are asked programming questions I think I did better but I did not get the job.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Define the strategy pattern and when could it be used
How would you implement a priority queue. What is the O analysis of your implementation. How would you store a tree structure. How would you implement a tinyURL service.
given a tree write a function isSymmetrical that would find out if the tree is symmetric or not.
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Class Node
{
Node leftChild
Node rightChild;
int value;
}
//Write this method:
boolean isSymmetrical(Node treeRoot) {
Examples:
This is symmetrical
7
/ \
5 5
/ \
9 9
/ \ / \
2 8 8 2
This is not symmetrical (value difference):
7
/ \
5 6
/ \
9 9
/ \ / \
2 8 8 2
This is not symmetrical (structural difference)
7
/ \
5 5
/ \
9 9
/ \ /
2 8 8
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Sídney)
Interview
I can't comment much. I submitted an application for the software engineer position, and not even a minute later, I received an auto rejection email from Amazon (never received an online assessment).
2 behavioral 2 coding not very difficult. Behavioral is tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role and biggest accomplishment. The process is exactly the guideline they posted for interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role
It was a 2-3 round process, depending on how your interview went, with increasingly hard DSA questions followed by some HR and behavioural questions. First round was mostly easy and medium leetcode, followed by medium and hard questions in the second round and above on more complex topics.
