Some recruiters are rude and will ghost you. Recruiters are trying to maximize the number of people that get hired at Amazon. And that makes perfect sense. But this means once a candidate fails an onsite interview or phone screen a recruiter may never spend any time following up. It would be respectful if they at least sent an automated email saying you have been rejected. Being ghosted and left in the dark is really cold. Can't they just send an automated email to candidates that aren't hired? I looked at the Amazon Leadership Principles. One section named "Earn Trust" says that "Leaders ... treat others respectfully". My suggestion to Amazon HR is to practice what you preach and start respecting candidates even if they don't get hired. Teach your recruiters to send a rejection email or have the software engineers write a program to send an automated email. I'm not alone in my ghosting experience. A web search for "amazon interview ghosted" will return numerous results. Some people will say "grow up and move on". Well let's see how you feel when someone treats you that way.

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.