I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2009
Interview
Did not prepare - went in cold - was in fora surprise. They are not like your typical SE interviews - post-interview, read more about google interviews and how they are interested in CS topics - trees, data structures, algorithms, etc. I do have a personal interest in such topics though wasn't prepared for the interview. Did ok, but not good enough. The interview took an hour and I had to send a code-sample within an hour post interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a serialization algorithm in Java for a binary tree structure with multiple children that may have children of their own. Explain the basic process and post-interview finish code-sample within the hour and send it.
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.
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Question 1
Standard background and motivation questions — what attracted me to the company, and a walk-through of recent
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
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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.
