Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2011
Interview
2 phone interviews and 1 onsite. I have the best interviewing experience with Amazon til this date. Great HR accomodation who also suggests me staying an extra day checking out the area. The interviewers are very smart and respectful. At the end of the interview day, I know I want to work with these folks.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
OOP design of Furnitures (various types of furniture that share common characteristics while having their individual ones). Design issues and testing. Another one is Design Disney multiple-joy-ride ticket dispensing system.
The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Apr 2011
Interview
did two phone interviews. Both were easy. If you practice a lot, then you can think of solving any new question easily. Important thing is not to be arrogant and at the same time not to be under confident.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
explain what data structure will you use for a particular software?
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2012
Interview
It had two phone interviews.
FIrst one was very hard. Talked about TCP, UPD, DNS, Hashmap.There is a programming question. To justify the suduku.
Second interview was easier. Write the code to validate BST. Count the number of digit that has same value and is in the same position in two strings.