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. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Feb 2015
Interview
Initially the recruitment manager emailed to set up a time. I replied with my availability. Then she suggested a time for the phone interview. I confirmed the time, and she sent out an email with the person I'll be interviewing and time.
I was also asked to login to an online whiteboard tool so I can write code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function to display the power set of a set of integers;
set={1,2} powerSet = {{},{1},{2},{1,2}}
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2015
Interview
On campus interview. 90 minutes (45 for each round).
No questions on computer systems.
Behavior: Describe a challenging project or work you've done. What's the greatest gain of this project.
Coding: String manipulation, stack. Time complexity analysis. Dynamic Programming, design a new class (easy, improvement of an exist class).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a challenging project or work you've done. What's the greatest gain of this project.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2014
Interview
It was inteview as I had expected it to be. But I was not prepared well as i had already accepeted an offer. Would have cracked it if I had seriously prepared.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to write iterator function for a binary serach tree?
I was asked to write program to generate grey code for integers?