Software Engineer 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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The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2007
Interview
2 detailed phone screens (mostly data structures, access times, and language minutia of Java and C++), a flight/hotel in Seattle, 8 technical interviews mostly whiteboard coding/problem solving, a half hour lunch interview talking processes with the manager, and 1 hour HR interview. Interview questions ranged from permutation strings, to tree traversal, to block diagramming an elevator design problem. Concluded with a "we will call you", a cab that is.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
whats the difference between aggregation and association in a UML class diagram?
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2008
Interview
Highly Technical questions on core programming and algorithms. Added questions on design and data modeling based on experience. 4-5 different interviews on a single day. Phone interview was also technical and coding/algorithm based. You really need to know your stuff here. Get to meet intelligent people and interview experience will be memorable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The most technically challenging work/project. Describe that and tell why was it so.