I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Oct 2024
Interview
I had total 4 rounds of interviews as following:
first 2 DSA rounds
Then 1 Low level design (LLD) round
And then 1 High level design (HLD) round
All the rounds had last 10-15 mins dedicated to questions based on any of the Amazon principles
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In one DSA round I was asked a question based on BFS:
Given a m x n matrix indicating a hospital and containing infected, uninfected and empty patient wards, find the minimum time required to infect all the patients.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
The technical interview is 4 rounds of 1-hour long interview loops involving:
- coding
- 2 Class design problems
- 1 system design problem
Each technical portion must be completed within 30 minutes as the second half of the interview comprises of 2 behavioral questions regarding leadership principles.
The recruiters offer a lot of preparation material to help you expect the interview loop.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2025
Interview
Had 4 rounds, Started with HLD where prime refund system for 3 million customer per month was asked with 30 mins of LP
second round was LeetCode, which involved 40 mins of LP
third round was also same
4th round was bar raiser and in this they asked again leetocde but also asked for twist in the question too with 50 mins of LP and 30 mins of leetcode
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
These are the LP topics
Deep Dive
Invent Simplify
Customer obsession
Ownership
Deliver results
Learn and be curious
Have back disagree and commit
Earn trust