Developer 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 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2011
Interview
Phone interview lasted about an hour. Interviewer was prepared. He was polite.
We talked about some of my previous projects and used that to discuss issues/solutions
to capacity/scaling and reduncancy. Seemed like more of a 'chat' than specific questions
and answers.
There were some questions about arrays and linked lists. One that I remember was how
to handle a sparse array if memory was limited. Interviewer asked questions to make sure
I knew what I was talking about, but he was certainly not trying to trick me.
He left some time for me to ask questions. I wanted to know about day-to-day life. They
are focused on results and let you manage your time - very flexible on work from home.
They provide a platform of your choice (Windows, Mac, Linux).
Overall, the interviewer was someone I would like to have a beer with, and the company
is a place I would like to work (hope they are reading this :-)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you implement a sparse array (key could be any integer,
but only a few would be used) with limited memory.
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2011
Interview
I was first contacted by recruiter and explained the position. I did first phone screen and i was asked data structure questions and immediately got second phone screen. I was asked OOD question in 2nd phone screen and invited 1:1 interview afterward. There were 6 1:1 interview and it was little bit hard. I did good but not good enough to get the offer :)
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Design Dictionary using TRIE (write insert and search function for TRIE)