The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2010
Interview
One hour interview. Was asked to describe my previous projects, what were the challenges, how do i approach them, what do I consider as my best achievement so far. He described the usual problems they solve in their department. Overall very pleasant and polite person. Apologized for asking to write code and read him over the phone, but it was not a problem to me.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How do you check if the given binary tree is binary search tree?
Was given a homework question(2days): Program using a language of your choice the following assignment, given a file of sorted strings (one string per line, example file was given) sorted according to some unknown alphabet, recover the order of characters of this alphabet.
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.
