I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2020
Interview
The Interview Process was very pleasant. They asked me to introduce myself. After that, they introduced the company. They asked about my background, about my research and the papers I wrote.
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In the technical interview, they asked what I would use to optimize the retrieval of articles.
The interview process was straightforward with no surprises — three coding rounds (LeetCode medium difficulty), a system design round, and a cultural fit conversation. The interviewers were pleasant and the overall atmosphere was positive.
That said, it's worth noting that this format feels dated. Even before the rise of AI, LeetCode-style assessments were a questionable proxy for real-world engineering ability and cultural fit. In today's environment, where AI can solve most of these problems instantly, continuing to use this framework raises the question of what signal it's actually measuring.
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For coding it was ask very similar to number of islands (2D grid search) with a twist.
Good interview process overall. The questions were mostly focused on general software engineering knowledge, with a strong emphasis on AI concepts. The interviewers were professional, and the process was well organized.
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System design and a lot of questions “imagine the situation”
Leet code question medium to gard then they snack you with a web app that you have to debug with a Very limited ai assistant that won't give you the answer but will read the files and tell you what they do
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Leet code and assisted debugging and 15 pillar of Amazon leadership questions