J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 5 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon
Entretien
1st round screening after passing ATS was online on Chime with two engineers, they asked me to implement a function that takes in an int and prints the colors of the rainbow based on which bit was set and go in a circle for bits more than 7. After 3 weeks I got the follow up to schedule 4 more interviews online. 1st was with the same two engineers as the screening, they gave a function in C++ and asked to review and refactor. 2nd was Amazon Leadership Principles interview. 3rd was with a Senior Software Engineer who asked me to code Word Search 2, a hard leetcode problem. 4th and last was with another engineer who asked the same question about reviewing and refactoring.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Word Seach II. Program to convert string to int representation, review and refactor. Program to print color of the rainbow based on the ith bit set
Surprisingly easy — I expected tougher questions, but the coding round felt more like a warm-up. The main challenge was a DSA problem about counting islands in a 2D grid, which led to a discussion on DFS versus BFS and handling large grids. Funny enough, I had revisited that exact type of question while prepping on PracHub, which made me feel more confident. The interview wrapped up with a behavioral round, and I accepted an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it for another opportunity. Overall, it was a smooth experience.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands — given a 2D grid of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of connected islands. Walk through DFS vs BFS, and discuss how to avoid revisiting cells (in-place mutation vs visited set) and what changes if the grid is huge and must stream from disk.
It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Calgary, AB) en juin 2026
Entretien
Online Assessment is the first step in the process. I didn’t have an HR phone screening and went straight to the OA after applying. It was sent to me about a week after I submitted my application.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
The first question is LeetCode style algorithms question, and the second question gives a full stack repo (choice of Java, NodeJS, or Django) and asks to solve a backend issue which is causing a bug in the frontend. Unit tests must pass to pass the second question. You can run both backend/frontend indivdually or together