I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2024
Interview
Standard OA and got final interview invite a month later. Had leetcode and question emphasizing on leadership principles. Also talked about past projects and asked a few computer architecture questions.
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Question 1
Easy and medium leetcode, and standard leadership quesitons
OA was 2 leetcodes (1 easy, 1 medium) and the interview was 2 behavioral questions and one leetcode (medium). The interview process was very straightforward, and I believe anyone has a fair chance of getting the position once they secure an interview.
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Question 1
They asked me about one time I overcome a difficulty.
Rather hard OA, but easy interview in terms of leetcode - had to implement a queue and discuss time/space complexity and optimality. Interviewer was satisfied with a brief sketch with pseudocode rather than a proper implementation
Otherwise, discussed previous internship and technical aspects of it - in particular, talked about writing a scraper and went through design choices (think generic system design interview Qs)
General CS chat too, like explaining merge sort, discussing high/low level languages and whatnot. If you have worked with software, thought about CS, and are eager then this aspect is straightforward.
Some behavioral Qs. Standard
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Question 1
Tell me about your most interesting programming project? Why are you interested in Amazon specifically?