J'ai postulé via un établissement d'enseignement supérieur ou universitaire. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Gainesville, FL) en févr. 2014
Entretien
I submitted my resume on University's career fair, and got an on-campus interview which would be two weeks later. However, just before the interview day, the campus HR emailed me and told me that it was changed to a phone interview. I personally preferred on-campus interview because face-to-face interaction makes me feel much better. Technical interview over a phone was never a good experience for me. I failed the programming problem and didn't pass the first round.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Three questions, all technical. The first two were about basic data structure and algorithm. The third one was a programming problem through an online coding platform.
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.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Calgary, AB) en juin 2026
Entretien
Online Assessment is the first step in the process. I didn’t have an HR phone screening and went straight to the OA after applying. It was sent to me about a week after I submitted my application.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
The first question is LeetCode style algorithms question, and the second question gives a full stack repo (choice of Java, NodeJS, or Django) and asks to solve a backend issue which is causing a bug in the frontend. Unit tests must pass to pass the second question. You can run both backend/frontend indivdually or together