Amazon Software Development Engineer, II interview questions

I was thoroughly impressed with the whole interview process, particularly in terms of - objectivity - relevance - thoroughness I was interviewed by five technical people. Each one asked a different set of questions, but tested me for - algorithms and data structures - concrete programming skills - systems level thinking - examples of specific qualities I had displayed in my prior work experience The small break I took to eat an apple and drink water in the middle of the long interview process was a big help too.

Very focused on whiteboard coding exercises; few behavioral or design questions. Interviewers were neutral - not exceedingly warm or welcoming, but not adversarial, prickly or discouraging. It is not the easiest thing in the world to reach fifty words here and I find myself obligated to insert nonsensical gibberish such as bat, cat, rat, wombat, splat, kumquat, and so on and so forth until we reach a satisfying total.