The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2011
Interview
Interview process was standard. Had 4, 1 on 1 on-site interviews. Thought I did fairly well but according to sources you have to ace their hardest question (they have a name for it but I don't remember it now). I stumbled on one of the harder questions but thought I did well overall.
Hard question: Given a game where you start with a word (for example, "TAGS"), find an algorithm that will give you the shortest number of intermediary words to get to a final word (for example, "LAYS"). So in the example above, a possible sequence would be, TAGS, SAGS, SASS, LASS, LAYS.
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.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru)
Interview
The interview process consisted of an online assessment followed by two technical interview rounds and one behavioral round. The technical rounds focused on Data Structures, Algorithms, Java, and problem-solving skills. The behavioral round covered Amazon Leadership Principles and past project experiences. The interviewers were professional and the process was well structured.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Find the first non-repeating character in a string.
