I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2025
Interview
The interview was 3 hours long and quite straightforward. The questions were challenging but not unsolvable. The first hour, I was solving a depth-first search problem, which was fine. I refrained from asking questions to the interviewer because her accent was so strong that I couldn't understand much of what she was saying, but the problem was manageable. The second hour for me was enjoyable and very easy. The interviewer just had me implement functions that he requested. The third hour was arguably the worst hour I have spent in an interview. The questions were challenging, and it didn't help that whenever I asked the interviewer for clarity, I couldn't understand him at all because of his accent. I was really frustrated by 30 minute mark because I felt like I spent more time deciphering what the interviewer was saying versus solving the problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe a time when you owned an end-to-end development process?
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.