I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2024
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me, scheduled a call, and then sent me an Online Assessment. Signing up just for that involved acknowledging I could be fired at any point, red flag #1. Pressured me to complete the 3hr OA before the call in three days' time - the OA was dystopian with an email inbox simulation and the personality test. I had one easy/medium and one hard question for the coding challenge. I didn't complete the hard one so the recruiter cancelled the meeting invite without any message whatsoever. Role also wasn't advertised in my city and when I clarified this they didn't correct the ad but said that it was - I think they wanted to meet a quota. Very weird experience, many red flags. Was not a good culture fit.
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I didn't get as far as speaking to a human beyond the cold call
I received an Online Assessment (OA) invitation from Amazon. The assessment consisted of two coding questions of medium to hard difficulty, focusing on data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving skills. The questions required efficient solutions with optimized time and space complexity. After the OA, shortlisted candidates typically proceed to one or more technical interview rounds covering coding, system design, and behavioral questions based on Amazon's Leadership Principles.
Applied online via career site, received OA link within 2 days and cleared it, Round 1- DSA, Round-2 DSA, Round 3- System Design, Round 4- Mixed Technical Discussion and Behavioral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands (LC 200 - Medium): You are heavily advised to know how to traverse connected components using a 2D grid.
Interview involved one screening OA and one final day, 3 back to back interviews, one technical, one behavioral and one mix. Focused on leader ship principles and DSA and algo
