I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Los Angeles, CA) in Jun 2020
Interview
I was contacted from Amazon recruiter. I have 4.5 work experience as a software engineer.
1. One phone interviewed with Amazon recruiter. 2. Coding test with two questions. 3. Virtual interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview with four interviewers. Three of them asked behavior questions and coding test. Those coding test looks like Leetcode, with easy, middle, and hard level. The only one asked about system designed and behavior question. Total process time was four hours.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Recruiter phone screen then follow by phone screen, Simple coding question and mostly behavior questions. Design question asked last and it is design Twitter. We ran out of time so did not have time to complete the design.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First ask some behavior questions then followed by coding question; not too difficult coding question. String sorting question.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Mar 2020
Interview
Amazon definitely hires the worst possible unprofessional people as recruiters. If anyone interacts with such recruiters, then all their list of Leadership Principles sounds nothing more than script of a drama.
Applied through an employee referral through an ex-colleague. He recommended me to apply for SDE2 role even though I have 14 years of experience. His logic was that external hires often fail to live up to expectations of Senior role.
Alright, did the same.
A recruiter contacted me after online form filling etc and says that we don't consider people with 10+ yrs for SDE2.
I told her to loop me for Senior SDE role then.
she said ok - and sent me an automated form to select interview slots.
I selected timings post my work hours.
Now, the fun begins.
She calls me within minutes after I selected the interview slots.
She requested to select timings within normal working hours only.
I said fine, and then she said that she will resend the interview slot selection link.
Several hours passed - no response.
Emailed her - no response.
Out of nowhere, I checked my application status on Amazon jobs portal - it was marked as NO LONGER UNDER CONSIDERATION.
Great way to go Amazon - you call a candidate to schedule interview dates and then instantly cancel the candidature.
Contacted my ex-colleague through whom I had applied - he too has no idea what is going on.