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.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC)
Interview
Initially contacted by headhunter. Did 2 phone interviews, one basic HR, another one with a very nice programmer, followed by a programming challenge to send in. Then I was asked for an on-site interview in Vancouver. The on-site was really tough, 6 interviews back to back with no break (even lunch is a conversation with your potential manager and one of the IT managers higher-up).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design the complete architecture for image storage of Amazon.com storage? Another one was, how would you design a key-value store? I hadn't worked with a lot of big distributed applications so I struggled with these two. I had prepared a lot for the on-site, but the questions were a lot different than the phone interview questions, which mostly focused on small scale algorithms.
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.