I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2012
Interview
My resume was part of their database for a different job, they saw a match for this new venture and suggested a potential fit for this position. Most of the communications was handled over email. The phone interview was a programming skills test for C++ done interactively with the reviewer/tester sharing a chat session. I wasn't notified until 5 minutes before we ended the session that it was timed and usually last only 40 minutes. The first question started with "create a merge sort algorithm" (online).
The interviewer had a calm demeanor with a heavy accent. Some questions had to be repeated.
That moment when the interviewer asked about finding indices in an array for a target sum was wild — I had just tackled something identical while prepping on PracHub. The interview included a technical round with another question about designing an in-memory LRU cache and a behavioral question about meeting tight deadlines. After a smooth discussion, I was told I'd received an offer, which I happily accepted. Overall, the process felt pretty straightforward and not overly challenging.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Given an array of integers return the indices of two numbers summing to a target
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.