The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2012
Interview
Just got a phone interview yesterday! It went great. My interviewer asked some resume questions, which were very easy going, and I was only given one problem to solve: one on object-oriented design (in Java). We worked on collabedit.com. The design was straightforward, although he was a bit picky about one of the methods I wrote and fed me hints for quite a while on how to perfect it. He sounded like he was in a bit of a rush as he told me he had a meeting to go to afterwards, and our conversation was wrapped up quickly. But I continued to work on the code afterwards and after he came back online and saw me, he very generously continued to guide me through it and after a while I got just about everything right. I just found out I made it through to another phone interview, so I'm guessing I did reasonably well or he was impressed by my persistence.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement some classes to simulate a deck of cards.
the card class should have getRank() and getsuit() methods.
the deck class should have a shuffle() method and deal() method. The constructor should create a shuffled deck. The shuffle method must be hand-coded; the Collections.shuffle method is not allowed.
Great interview process with three rounds, including a technical assessment and a technical interview. The interviewers were professional and supportive throughout the process. The questions mainly focused on DSA, problem-solving, and core technical concepts. The discussions were engaging and provided a good opportunity to demonstrate technical skills. Overall, the process was well-structured, smooth, transparent, and a very positive experience.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Sídney)
Interview
I can't comment much. I submitted an application for the software engineer position, and not even a minute later, I received an auto rejection email from Amazon (never received an online assessment).
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
