I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2023
Interview
I had four technical interview rounds in total. Three involved solving LeetCode easy to medium-level questions, and one was a system design round. In each round, the interviewers also asked me about my experiences related to leadership principles. They were super helpful throughout the process, offering guidance and clarifications when needed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All rounds had leadership principle related questions. Heavily focused on it.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Apr 2024
Interview
I applied through the Amazon Careers Portal on November 12, 2024, for the Software Development Engineer I role under Amazon University Talent Acquisition.
I received the Online Assessment (OA) link on November 21, 2024, with a deadline of five days to complete it.
Online Assessment (OA)
The OA consisted of three parts:
DSA Problems: One easy and one medium problem. I finished both in 20 minutes.
Work Simulation Round: This had 5–6 modules where I was bombarded with emails and had to select appropriate responses. It also included real-world problem-solving, like debugging an issue where a product page wasn’t loading. This round was mainly design to assess my decision-making and leadership principles.
Behavioral Questions: Multiple-choice format where I had to pick the most likely and least likely responses to different workplace scenarios.
I felt the OA went well, and on November 25, I received an email asking me to fill out a survey to be considered for the next stage.
Interview Rounds
Round 1 (December 2, 2024, 11 AM — 12 PM)
This was a DSA round with a very senior engineer as the interviewer. I was asked only one question on Graphs, where I had to code everything from input handling to output printing. The choice of data structure was important.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Round 2 (December 16, 2024, 11 AM — 12 PM)
This was another DSA round, where I was given a problem based on maps (hash tables). It was an easy-level question and I solved it without much trouble.
After clearing this, I received a call scheduling my third round on the same day at 2 PM.
Round 3 (December 16, 2024, 2 PM — 3 PM) — System Design
The system design question was:
Design a bookstore system where multiple books exist, and you need to return the count of a particular word(fictional character) appearing in a specific book.
I had to define the classes, objects, and methods I would use. I structured my solution well, and the interviewer seemed impressed. After this, we discussed my projects, where I explained my contributions, problem-solving approach, and impact.
This round went smoothly, and I was soon notified about the final round.
Round 4 (December 17, 2024, 5 PM — 6 PM)
This was a mixed technical + deep-dive round.
The interviewer first asked about my work at my company, diving deep into the tech stack, architecture, and design choices I had worked on.
After 40 minutes of discussion, he said there was still time left, so we moved on to a DSA problem.
The question was a medium-level Sliding Window problem.
I solved it, and that concluded my interview process.