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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2013
Interview
I applied for new grad position through their careers.
After 20 days I got a mail from one of their recruiter and asked me to complete assessment test within 7 days.
Test consisted of 3 coding questions and they should be coded within 90 minutes in your favorite language.
Questions:
1. Test whether linked list is cyclist or not.
2. Print k closest points to origin out of n points in a XY coordinate system.
3. I don't exactly remember the third one, but it was related to arrays.
After 2 weeks I got a mail from recruiter saying that they want to go with other candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Test whether linked list is cyclist or not.
2. Print k closest points to origin out of n points in a XY coordinate system.
3. I don't exactly remember the third one, but it was related to arrays.
Was initially contacted through a social media site. This led to a phone screen where 2 engineers asked several questions about my experiences, a few follow on programming questions and a overall design question. Afterwards, was requested for an in person interview in Seattle. There, I met with many engineers and a few managers. They had me spend a few hours on a white board and took me to lunch. All-in-all, it was a pleasant experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most questions were focused around CS topics, algorithms and data structures.