I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2022
Interview
The interview experience for me was very good overall. Best I had at any company, the recruiters were in contact frequently and made sure that I knew what to expect from the interview. I had an Online Assessment, 1 hour technical screen, and then a final round of four 1 hour technical interviews. Studied for months and it finally paid off, first software engineering job offer!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
As a new Engineer I saw a total of 8 questions between the various rounds, all were a mix of LC Easy/Medium Questions, also 1 OO question in place of System Design. Always a focus on the time/space complexity of my solution. Also there were always two leadership questions asked by each interviewer.
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.
Interview questions [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.
Um teste de código online, se aprovado, vai para o loop. O loop é 4 entrevistas seguidas, duas em inglês e duas em português. 3 entrevistas técnicas de código, todas as 4 têm pergunta de liderança.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pergunta historicas baseada nos principios de lideranca da amazon.
