Me postulé a través de una recomendación de un empleado. El proceso tomó 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon en ago 2011
Entrevista
The first round is phone interviews, then comes 1:1 interviews with both technical and management. The technical focused on data structures/algorithms/design questions, while the manager focused on behavioral questions. Everyone was nice and friendly and respectable, but the questions were challenging so be prepared! However after the interviews, it took quite a long time for them to respond as to whether or not to proceed with an offer, so you have to be patient.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Tell me of a time when you did something wrong/incorrect, or when something with the project went bad, and what did you do?
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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 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.
Um teste de código online, se aprovado, vai para o loop. O loop é 4 entrevistas seguidas, duas em inglês e duas em português. 3 entrevistas técnicas de código, todas as 4 têm pergunta de liderança.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Pergunta historicas baseada nos principios de lideranca da amazon.
