Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2010
Interview
Initial communications started after I applied online. Took them 20 days to set up the first interview. Then it took them another 30 days to set up the 2nd telephonic interview. I am still waiting to hear from them regarding the status of my application
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2010
Interview
Had 2 phone interviews. I passed the first one so they scheduled the second phone interview, which I did not do well. Perhaps because I this is the first time I do online coding while the interviewer is watching. I jumped on coding too quick before coming up with a clear solution.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Given k number of sorted arrays, describe an algorithm to merge them into one array with each element remain sorted. Analyze the complexity.
Given a series or integers, write a program to print them out in random order in equal probabilities. In other words, each time your program runs the output should be different, but each output has equal probabilities.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2010
Interview
Standard technical interview.
The interview took a little of an hour. I was asked 1 or 2 questions about my resume, and then was asked technical question.
Technical questions include:
(1) How I would design a phone book for phone with limited resources, that supported matching while typing.
(2) Asked to code an algorithm to find the power set of a set.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Code the algorithm to fine the Power Set of a set.