I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in Aug 2011
Interview
I applied online and after 2 weeks of my application, got an email about the interview and they wanted me to come into their office on Monday morning. I really did not have much time to brush up my skills but presented myself well on the day of the interview with few other candidates waiting for the same position as me. After a brief communication with few of their staffs, they wanted me to come back the next day for skill check interview. The next day morning, I was in their office and two men dressed up real well were questioning me about my education, skills and asked me a few questions about C++ and python commands. I hesitated a bit in the beginning, later on got the hang of it and started giving out the right answers. I thought the interview went on well, at the end they told me they will call me back. I did not hear anything back from them yet.
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.