I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2010
Interview
in 2010, I got two phone interviews. Failed miserably at the second.
Honestly, I was not prepared to be asked about a lot of data structure and algorithms questions. That was my second interview after graduation with Ph.D. In Ph.D. training, it is about research (for papers) and I never really cared about how fast my research code runs, since it is not on large scale data. If I had known they care so much about coding, I would have just studied the course just like it is the most important course in the world.
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.
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.