Amazon Software Development Engineer, II interview questions
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I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Aug 2012
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Two sorted arrays. you can start from any one them, and then at common element you may or may not jump to other array. Continue in this manner till you reach the end of an array. Find the path that results the maximum sum.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Dublín, Dublín) in Aug 2012
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I was interviewed for the job in Dublin in August 2012. At the first phone screen interview I was asked two algorithmic questions which weren't difficult however required some experience coding algorithmic problems like ones from careercup.com. The interviewer asked me to think aloud and we together analyzed suggested solutions. For every solution I needed to evaluate its complexity. Firts question was theoretical. Another question was coding task in collabedit.com editor.
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Given a adjucency matrix view of a graph find connected components in it.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2012
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I was contacted by a recruiter through StackOverflow Careers and an initial phone interview was set. The initial phone interview was with the recruiter and was just a check to see if I was interested. A technical phone screen was scheduled next.
The technical phone screen was conducted with the help of collabedit. I was a bit rusty with my Data Structures and Algorithms that time so I was a bit shaky but managed to answer the question with some hints from the interviewer. The interviewer was very courteous and answered all my questions afterwards.
I was emailed after a couple of days by Amazon requesting an on-site interview. They handled all the logistics(flights, accommodation,etc). The famous Amazon on-site interview did not disappoint. About 6 Amazonians interviewed me over the span of around 4 or 5 hours. I've enjoyed the whole experience a lot.
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Question 1
Lot's of Data Structures and Algorithms questions as well as OO design questions. I can't be specific as I have signed an NDA.