I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Austin, TX) in Nov 2021
Interview
First had a phone call with the recruiter that lasted about 20 minutes and got some great information.
I had a couple other Amazon recruiters reach out to me about other opportunities. My recruiter told me that I could go with him and if it doesn't work out I can immediately interview for other opportunities, which I found is not the case.
Second, I had a online assessment. The assessment wasn't bad and consisted of 2 easy/medium leetcode style questions. I was able to pass all test cases.
Third, I had the virtual onsite interview. I had a good preparation for the interview. About 3 days before the virtual onsite my recruiter told me I was now interviewing for SDE II. I had not brushed up on system design which is one of the SDE II interviews. I tried to get caught up but 3 days wasn't enough time. I was insanely nervous for the interviews and could hardly think straight because I was so nervous for the system design. In the end it was my fault because I blocked up because I was so nervous for my system design interview. Ironically I feel I did pretty well on system design.
Amazon has a very good hiring process, I just got unlucky with my recruiter.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 Round with Bar Raiser
2 Rounds technical
1 Round System Design
All rounds included 2 amazon leadership principle questions.
Applied online via career site, received OA link within 2 days and cleared it, Round 1- DSA, Round-2 DSA, Round 3- System Design, Round 4- Mixed Technical Discussion and Behavioral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands (LC 200 - Medium): You are heavily advised to know how to traverse connected components using a 2D grid.
Interview involved one screening OA and one final day, 3 back to back interviews, one technical, one behavioral and one mix. Focused on leader ship principles and DSA and algo
Good and better interview so far its worth giving a try rather than not. Good interviewer pleasant speaking and comfortable so far its worth giving a try rather than not good interviewer pleasant speaking and good