I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Mumbai) in Feb 2022
Interview
Round 1: DSA round
The interviewer asked a question on Matrix (find the Kth smallest number in a matrix) which I solved using Binary Search but improvised it using Heaps, the interview went pretty long after 1 question he aseked me some behavioural questions
Round 2 was held on the same day which was a DSA round
Questions
1) Vertical Traversal of a binary Tree - solved using DFS traversal and then using Level order Traversal
2) A question on 2 pointer which was easy.
then few behavioural questions
2 days later I got a call from the recruiter and he scheduled my round 3
Round 3: DSA and Leadership
1 question on Graphs - Topological Sort - Alien Dictionary
then a long session on leadership principles
Round 4 - HR
Some basic HR questions
And on the next day I received a mail stating I was selected
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Find Kth smallest Element in a matrix
2) Vertical Order Tree Traversal
3) 2 pointer based question
4) Alien Dictionary
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.
Um teste de código online, se aprovado, vai para o loop. O loop é 4 entrevistas seguidas, duas em inglês e duas em português. 3 entrevistas técnicas de código, todas as 4 têm pergunta de liderança.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pergunta historicas baseada nos principios de lideranca da amazon.
The whole process stretched over nearly a month, longer than I anticipated. After an initial phone screen, I faced a technical round that included a Min Stack implementation question. We discussed design considerations and thread safety, which threw me for a bit. Fortunately, I remembered a specific mock interview I practiced on PracHub that mirrored this scenario closely, making me feel more at ease. Ultimately, I received an offer, but I chose to decline due to the company culture not feeling like the right fit.
