I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Dublin, Dublin) in Dec 2010
Interview
Had 3 phone screenings,
process took some time due to my personal activities and business, everyone from amazon was quite nice and helpful, there was no problem to reschedule date/time with HR
questions were challenging but expectable, you need to know a lot from various areas like
java
networking
databases
algorithms
oo design
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
what is TCP/IP?
differences between TCP UDP?
describe TCP IP model.
You have dictionary. How would you design function/system that should return true/false for check if a word is in a database? How would you scale your solution if word db does not fit in memory/disk? How would you scale it to really big db of words that should be located on n computers?
Straightforward interview process with clear communication. The interviewers asked about my background, relevant experience, technical skills, and how I would handle common workplace situations. Overall, it felt professional and organized.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to walk through my previous experience and explain how it related to the responsibilities of the role.
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
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
