I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2010
Interview
I received an email from the recruiter that the hiring manager has reviewed my resume and would like to set up two phone screening sessions. Then I had the two phone screening in the same week, followed by a third phone screening which was mostly about OOP and "why I would like to go to Seattle!?". Received an email more than a month later saying that they've proceeded with another candidate!
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How would you design a deck of card in an OO language.
OA contained 2 coding questions and then followed by a multiple choice question on behavioral where they emphasized a lot on their leadership rules which you can find on their website
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is customer obsession and how do you apply it
Could not use AI during the first interview. The recruiter was helpful in the screener but the coding exam was tough including the take home test. Did a few Leetcode examples but apparently that wasn't enough.
Applied online via the company careers page. Received a reply from HR within a few weeks inviting me to an initial
screening call over Teams. Process also included an online coding assessment sent as a pre-interview step.
Communication from HR was professional, prompt, and friendly throughout the scheduling stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard background and motivation questions — what attracted me to the company, and a walk-through of recent
