J'ai postulé en personne. Le processus a pris 1 jour. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon en janv. 2010
Entretien
I met with a very intelligent gentleman at CodeMash and I was asked if I would like to interview on the spot. I took them up on the interview, spur of the moment.
I found the skills questions to be vague, and the more you tried to formulate an answer the more requirements they would place in your way. I found it to be a great exercise and was happy for the experience. Not only did it shine a spotlight on my inability to think in code on paper, but I also learned some things too.
The interviewers were extremely polite and understanding if I was not familiar with a concept, they would attempt to educate you so that you can still formulate and answer to their question and/or problem.
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