The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jul 2011
Interview
I had about 3 interviews over phone with the general recent graduate recruitment and two interviews with another group in Portland. All of the interviews seemed to went very well but surprisingly I got this email from them!
Hi,
After serious consideration, we have decided to pursue other candidates for the role you recently interviewed for. We realize that bright students like yourself have opportunities with other employers so we hope that you will consider Amazon in the future. We invite you to reapply in six months.
I want to thank you for taking time out to interview with Amazon and wish you well.
Regards,
It was so weird, I spend at least 2 hours for each interview and at the end I got a vague email. They were not organized at all and the interviewers mostly called me with delay!
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.