I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in Aug 2016
Interview
5 rounds
1st round 2 programming and 20 mcqs
2nd round group fly
3r round was a f2f interview. two questions were asked. one binary tree and one basic DP.
4th round f2f interview similar to round 3 but three questions were asked.
couldnt optimize the solutions so i got rejectd at 4th round . i dunno about 5th round
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
round 2: find size of largest island in binary 2D matrix.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
first round was leetcode for 1hour, got easy 2 questions
then final round has 2 leetcode session and 1 system design and 1 lld session. each session has also leadership principle.
Leetcode questions was easy-medium.
Leadership principle was hard
I had issue with screensharing it wasted 10-15 min during the first round of interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
leet code - array and string questions. easy and medium level
The interview was basically a screening round, It was just a quick interview to get to know if I was worth the company's time. The dsa round was pretty easy but once they got into system design it was harder.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked dsa questions like trapping rain water and a stack question similar to valid parenthesis.
Recruiter screen, online assessment, technical interviews, and behavioral rounds focused heavily on Amazon Leadership Principles. The process was structured, with a strong emphasis on problem-solving, coding skills, and examples demonstrating impact and ownership.