I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderâbâd) in Aug 2013
Interview
I attended the amazon interview on 3rd Aug 2013 in Hyderabad.
Written test for 1 hour but no limit on time given finally.
1) Given a single linked list of integers determine if it is palindrome. like 1 2 3 4 3 2 1. Need to support 1 2 3 3 4 3 3 1 as well. No extra allocation or space should be consumed.( can use some temp variable).
2) Given an array of integers A . Create one more arrary B fill each element (i th position) with the highest freq element from (0 to ith position in A array).
3) Given a series of number form a binary tree find the least the minimum weight binary tree. The weight of the node is depth x value of the element + weight of the left tree + weight of the right tree.Weight of the root node is the weight of the tree . Find the minimum weight binary tree out of all possible binary trees that are possible. And the code should return the minimum weight.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The third question was pretty difficult as per me.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
My interview process was atypical. AWS was having a hiring event and had flown several engineers over from Seattle. I met with each of them. Most started out with some pleasantries, then an algorithm question that needed to be whiteboarded. Usually, followed with "what's the big O, can we get any better".
I provided algorithms that I would charitably call "ok"
After the technical interviews, I talked to one of the senior recruiters who asked me my salary requirements and whether I would like to work in Herndon or Seattle.
Everyone was super nice and smart. Spoiler alert: I took the offer they eventually made, and this is the first place I'm going into wondering "Am I smart enough to work here?"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Provide two algorithms: one to serialize a binary tree, the other to deserialize it.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2009
Interview
Amazon's engineering teams hire candidates for their own teams. This means that there will be a great degree of variance in quality and relevant skills from team to team.
To tackle this issue, an impartial bar raiser is also added to each interview "loop" who is supposed to ensure that the candidate being interviewed meets the amazon bar. But there's a lot of variance among bar raisers too.
Overall, the Software Engineering and related interviews are tough, but probably easier than Facebook, Twitter, Google.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard Software Development interview questions. Check careercup.com or leetcode.com for lots of examples. Popular interview question:
Implement the floodfill (aka paint bucket) function of the Windows Paint program.