I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2012
Interview
Nice interviewers. Predictable technical questions on data structure and coding, and very positive and supportive discussion throughout the interview process. Great learning experience. Second interview was a bit harder, but the interviewer was patient and nice, trying to guide me through the problem when I got stuck. Got helpful feedback in terms of improving skill set for future.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to search a certain string inside a longer string consist of random data?
Interviewed for silicon team. Have only been asked about the domain specific knowledge in 1st round and system design in 2nd round and C coding in 3rd round.
The interviews were 50 mins each.
First round with hr screening - 2 leetcode questions then hr manager screening then the loop which consists of 4 interviews each an hour long. The 4 interview questions they asked where three medium leetcode questions. And one system design interview question about how to shadow deploy a test software to millions of users.
Recruiter reaches out after applying through Amazon careers, no referral. Had an initial OA, then after a month had four rounds in two days - three coding one system design. Each round had 30 min behavioral and 30 min coding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were mainly hashmap, sliding window and interval related.