Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 5 días. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon (Los Angeles, CA) en feb 2013
Entrevista
I was contacted by an Amazon recruiter via LinkedIn. I interviewed with them previously (unsuccessfully) and looks like they had me in their database.
The recruiter told me that they have a hiring event in LA and if I am interested, I can try. Of course I was interested. I have been obsessed with this job for a very long time. I failed once, but I learned a lot since. I decided to give it a try.
The event was in three days. Sure, I read up on some algorithms, but there is not much one can do in this kind of time. What I knew would have to be enough for success or failure.
They interviewed people in the hotel in LA. You get a separate room, and interviewers walk in, and each one of them gets about 45-50 minutes with you. They ask some theoretical questions (for example, design some classes for a chat system) and some whiteboard coding.
As to the coding, there was a lot of recursion and binary trees. There was nothing extremely hard or undoable, no NP-hard problems I was afraid of. I had 4 technical interviews and one talk with the recruiter. The interviewers were great - friendly and pleasant.
I got through without glaring errors or missed questions. But I feared that I was not brilliant enough for them. I was right.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
It was hard to answer behavioral / situation questions. I am very bad at selling myself. It is probably good to practice these:
Describe a simple but great idea that you have successfully implemented.
Describe what you would improve in your current team.
Describe the biggest challenge that you faced in your work.
Describe the situation when your team could not make a deadline and how you handled it.
Great interview process with three rounds, including a technical assessment and a technical interview. The interviewers were professional and supportive throughout the process. The questions mainly focused on DSA, problem-solving, and core technical concepts. The discussions were engaging and provided a good opportunity to demonstrate technical skills. Overall, the process was well-structured, smooth, transparent, and a very positive experience.
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon (Sídney)
Entrevista
I can't comment much. I submitted an application for the software engineer position, and not even a minute later, I received an auto rejection email from Amazon (never received an online assessment).
2 behavioral 2 coding not very difficult. Behavioral is tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role and biggest accomplishment. The process is exactly the guideline they posted for interview.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role
