I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon Lab126 in Feb 2017
Interview
Applied online, 2 coding challenges, then a phone interview. 1st coding challenge is bug fixing and 2nd coding challenge is writing actual algorithms. Both coding challenges only have three languages offered, C, C++ and Java. Phone interview was only 1 technical question and a few non-technical questions with an engineer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a project you did recently and what challenges you faced and how you solved them.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon Lab126
Interview
University hire, had three rounds
1) Online Assessment (20 aptitude + 4 programming questions)
2) Telephonic Interview - 30 minutes (asked very simple questions based on online assessment)
3) Online evaluation around Amazon's principles
Got the Offer in Email after around 20 days.
Amazon Lab126 interviews FAQs
SDE1 applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon Lab126 with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Phone interview: 33%
Presentation: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
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