I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Cape Town) in Apr 2025
Interview
The process is long tedious but standard:
You first get a total of 6 hrs of interviews with all revolving around their leadership principles and the fundamentals of problems solving, data structures and Algorithms. In addition to those you also get a system design question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Detailed information about who's going to interview you and what will be the focus of each interview, i.e data structures, problem solving, etc.
I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Washington, DC)
Interview
Applied with a referral. Got the OA that week and completed it. Was not able to solve one of the OA questions in there completely. 3 rounds. First round was behavioral. Second round was technical included two leetcode medium problems and last round was system design about designing a messenger app.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design whatsapp and a habit tracker app
Leetcode graph medium question
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services
Interview
The overall experience exceeded expectations due to the exceptional attention to detail, consistently professional communication, thoughtful execution, and impressive reliability throughout the entire process. Every aspect was handled efficiently, resulting in a seamless, highly satisfactory outcome that demonstrated both expertise and a strong commitment to quality.
Interview was conducted well. Questions were fair, just wasn't prepared well enough. Brush up on your data structures and basic algorithms. The programming language used doesn't matter. Prepare past experiences stories beforehand so you are ready when asked about an experience.
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