Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 4 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Amazon em mai. de 2020
Entrevista
I contacted a technical recruiter in April and she sent me an invite for OA. After giving the OA, I got an email in 2-3 business days and was notified that I was selected for the final virtual on-site round, which was scheduled for 3 weeks later.
I had 5 interviews in a day where I got a chance to meet 7 Amazonians. Here's a breakdown of each interview:
Interview 1/2: first 15 min - ALP, followed by a coding exercise. Spent the last 5 min asking questions to the interviewer.
Interview 3: First 10 min - ALP, followed by coding exercise, a few more ALP questions and last few minutes to ask questions.
Interview 4: This round was entirely behavioral. I got to learn a lot about the product, the team, and future goals.
Interview 5: 15 min- ALP, followed by a System Design question and spent the last few minutes asking questions to the interviewer.
Overall Experience:
It was a wonderful experience. The interviewers were very friendly and helpful throughout the interview. They asked follow-up questions where they needed more information. They also answered every question I asked.
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.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 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.
Candidatei-me online. Fui entrevistado pela Amazon (Calgary, AB) em jun. de 2026
Entrevista
Online Assessment is the first step in the process. I didn’t have an HR phone screening and went straight to the OA after applying. It was sent to me about a week after I submitted my application.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
The first question is LeetCode style algorithms question, and the second question gives a full stack repo (choice of Java, NodeJS, or Django) and asks to solve a backend issue which is causing a bug in the frontend. Unit tests must pass to pass the second question. You can run both backend/frontend indivdually or together