The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2011
Interview
Originally received an email from a recruiter asking for my updated resume. They asked for a list of times that worked better for me and a couple days later they had a phone interviewed scheduled.
Recruiter was very helpful at clarifying questions about the process and replied to emails on a timely manner. I even received emails from him in the middle of the night.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
The interview started with normal behavioral questions, such as what type of technology do you like the most, what do you not like, why do you want to work for amazon and so on. Then the interview moved to technical questions and then programming questions. The first programming question I was asked was "Assuming a valid binary tree, write a function to insert a new node into the tree"
the second question was a little tougher, "Write a function that checks whether a binary tree is valid or not. A valid binary tree is a tree where no child node points to any of its ancestors"
OA contained 2 coding questions and then followed by a multiple choice question on behavioral where they emphasized a lot on their leadership rules which you can find on their website
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is customer obsession and how do you apply it
Could not use AI during the first interview. The recruiter was helpful in the screener but the coding exam was tough including the take home test. Did a few Leetcode examples but apparently that wasn't enough.
Applied online via the company careers page. Received a reply from HR within a few weeks inviting me to an initial
screening call over Teams. Process also included an online coding assessment sent as a pre-interview step.
Communication from HR was professional, prompt, and friendly throughout the scheduling stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard background and motivation questions — what attracted me to the company, and a walk-through of recent
