Le processus a pris 1 jour. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon en août 2011
Entretien
I had got call from amazon recruitment team for telephonic interview. I was waiting for the telephonic interview on scheduled time. In between I had sent a mail to HR asking for detailed JD. There was no response from them at all. Just before 5 minutes of scheduled time, got call from interviewer saying he is busy and can not take interview. It only shows how they manage their time / plan and respect others time. I had wasted lot of time for this interview. First round of telephonic finally happened on re scheduled time. Question were very basic like matrix multiplication, difference between override and overload, some distributed computing. I could answer them well and even interview acknowledged that it is correct. I was very hopeful of getting into next interview. To my surprise, I got a mail saying that i have not cleared first round. I don't know how they evaluate when interviewer himself acknowledged that answers are correct. Whole thing is badly handled.
All clients will be connecting to one controller and controller will dispatch events to all the back end server connected to it. How to make sure that all back end server seen updated information so that information served from any of the back end server is consistent.
The recruitment process consisted of several stages:
Online coding – a one-hour session focused on solving programming problems and demonstrating practical coding skills.
Technical meeting – a two-hour in-depth discussion covering system design, problem-solving approach, and technical knowledge relevant to the role.
Soft skills meeting – a 90-minute conversation assessing communication skills, teamwork, and overall cultural fit.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
describe your current project, most interesting bug and feature.
the most important thing you are proud of.
slide-window algorithm, string parser
The technical round focused on a DSA problem about finding the closest points to the origin, where I was asked to explore multiple approaches like sorting, heaps, and quickselect. It felt straightforward, and I was ready for it thanks to the time I spent on PracHub brushing up on similar questions. The interview also included a behavioral section, but overall, I found the process to be very easy. Happy to say I received an offer, which I gladly accepted!
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
K Closest Points to Origin - given an array of points on the 2D plane and an integer k, return the k closest points to the origin (0,0). Walk through sort-by-distance O(n log n), heap-based O(n log k), and quickselect O(n) average; discuss when to prefer each based on the relationship between n and k.
Tough interview.
The Process: Automated Online Assessment (OA) with 2 coding questions and a system simulation, followed by a 4-round virtual Loop. Every single round started with 20 minutes of intense, behavioral behavioral questions diving into Amazon's Leadership Principles, followed by 25 minutes of technical coding or system design.
Amazon interviews are a test of mental endurance because you have to switch from deep behavioral storytelling straight into complex coding which can be so difficult. I used Apex Interviewer to practice the cognitive context switch. Running through their live-coding workspace helped me ensure my technical communication and architectural structures remained sharp and automatic, even after spending the first half of the interview defending my past project metrics. I fed the practice AI questions I extracted from glassdoor and gothamloop.
In the end, the offer was way lower than I hoped.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Design the backend inventory tracking and placement service for a global fulfillment network, ensuring strict transactional consistency across multiple regional warehouses during peak shopping events.