J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Seattle, WA) en mars 2013
Entretien
I was contacted by Amazon's recruiter. After one phone interview, I had an on-site interview at Seattle, WA. The whole process was stressful, even the lunch was an interview: I picked a very noisy place and yelled for one hour to make the hiring manager to hear me. There were two technical interviews before lunch and two after.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Generate all valid n pairs of parenthesis, i.e. ( ( ) ( ) ) is valid 3 pairs, ) ( ) ( is not valid.
Surprisingly easy — I expected tougher questions, but the coding round felt more like a warm-up. The main challenge was a DSA problem about counting islands in a 2D grid, which led to a discussion on DFS versus BFS and handling large grids. Funny enough, I had revisited that exact type of question while prepping on PracHub, which made me feel more confident. The interview wrapped up with a behavioral round, and I accepted an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it for another opportunity. Overall, it was a smooth experience.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands — given a 2D grid of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of connected islands. Walk through DFS vs BFS, and discuss how to avoid revisiting cells (in-place mutation vs visited set) and what changes if the grid is huge and must stream from disk.
It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.
Um teste de código online, se aprovado, vai para o loop. O loop é 4 entrevistas seguidas, duas em inglês e duas em português. 3 entrevistas técnicas de código, todas as 4 têm pergunta de liderança.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Pergunta historicas baseada nos principios de lideranca da amazon.