Me postulé a través de una facultad o universidad. El proceso tomó 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon en feb 2013
Entrevista
There were two interviews, both with actual software engineers at Amazon. The first one wasn't too scary; the interviewer even asked which topic of data structures I felt most comfortable with. And so he asked a question in that area. Normally, they ask 2-3 questions in one interview, but I only got through one question. The second interview was a little tougher, and it was an actual coding problem which I had to complete on a blackboard,
Definitely know your Data Structures, and go over those Acing Programming Interview books.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
It was a specific sorting question about sorting certain chunks in an array. I had to write it out and then the efficiency of the program was asked as well.
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.
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon (Calgary, AB) en jun 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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 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