I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2024
Interview
First, I had an online assessment — coding questions under time pressure. Then a recruiter call explained the next steps. After that, four intense virtual interviews back-to-back (coding, system design, behavioral "Amazon Leadership Principles"). It felt challenging but fair, and very structured throughout.
Interview questions [1]
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One question I clearly remember was: “Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate — how did you handle it?” They really cared about how I stayed calm, listened, and worked toward a solution, not just about who was right.
Interviewed for silicon team. Have only been asked about the domain specific knowledge in 1st round and system design in 2nd round and C coding in 3rd round.
The interviews were 50 mins each.
The phone screen went longer than expected, focusing heavily on implementation details. The interviewer really grilled me on my approach to a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache, asking how I'd combine a hashmap with a doubly linked list. I felt well-prepared since I had gone through system design examples on PracHub, which made me comfortable discussing eviction policies. The later rounds included more technical questions and behavioral interviews, but in the end, I received an offer, though I ultimately decided to decline. Overall, I’d say the process was average, with solid questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design and implement a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache supporting get(key) and put(key, value) in O(1) average time. Walk through combining a hashmap with a doubly linked list, eviction policy when capacity is exceeded, and how you'd extend it to handle thread-safe concurrent access.
Recruiter reaches out after applying through Amazon careers, no referral. Had an initial OA, then after a month had four rounds in two days - three coding one system design. Each round had 30 min behavioral and 30 min coding.
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Question 1
Questions were mainly hashmap, sliding window and interval related.