Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 6 meses. Fui entrevistado pela Amazon (Toronto, ON) em dez. de 2020
Entrevista
Applied in August, received 3 rounds of online assessments in October. In order, they were debugging test, coding test (leetcode easy - medium), and a behavioral settings test. Success in these three leads to a final interview with a software engineering manager.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Leadership Principle questions. Interviewers tend to pick their favourite LP and ask a behavioural question around it. Also they ask leetcode (medium - hard) depending on the 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.
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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