I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2011
Interview
They asked the questions as below:
1. Why do you want to join Amazon?
2. Which part would you like to join? Front end- Back end or more broader side?
3. Difference between Array and Linked list?
4. Retrieval in an array and a linked list?
5. Insertion in an array and a linked list?
6. What if the array is full?
7. Big 0 of insertion in an array and a linked list?
8. WAP to check whether the string is a palindrome?
9. Take an example and support your answer.
10. Big 0 of the program you made just now.
11. Difference between binary search tree and Hash Table.
12. What will be the big 0 of searching in binary tree and hash table
13. Worst case scenario in Binary Search tree
14. How do you solve collision problems in a Hash Table.
15. WAP using two queues, queue 1 and queue 2 and insert into the stack. The three functions that are allowed to use are: Size(), Enqueue(), and Dequeue.
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.