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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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2015
Interview
I applied online for this opportunity.
I had one screening interview. I was asked technical and background questions.
I was asked to implement the merge routine in a language of my choice.
I was not contacted after the interview. I asked however after a few weeks the result and it was negative.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a problem that you spent most time on a project?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Cambridge, MA) in Jun 2015
Interview
Lengthy 5 interview 5 hour non-stop interview sessions. 7 people total. Location was had a very industrial feel to it with little air circulation. With the exception of one of the interviewers, they acted like you should be bowing to the altar of Amazon for the privilege of being there.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lots of "tell me about a time when you...." Or "describe a time when you could have done something better...." They were very open ended and nebulous. They made you feel like a hospital patient undergoing some sort of experimental treatment as they had "interview trainees" along for the ride. The last interview was by a senior person who blew significant smoke. Lastly and most annoyingly is that they continually took "notes" on their computers as you talked.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Amazon in Jul 2015
Interview
Phone interview with the team lead. He asked general java concept questions as well as what would you do in the scenario questions. What would you do if you found someone was scrubbing our servers? What is the difference between an interface and an abstract class? There were other questions about my background and how it applies.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you print out all odd numbers 1-100?
Write a method that takes a number and returns true/false if a number is a prime number.