Status: Master of Computer Science, ASU
Position: SDE Intern at Amazon
Location: Seattle, WA
Date: Nov 6, 2019
OA - Online Assesment
OA 1 - Debugging Round [20 Minutes]
7 debugging questions in C/C++/Java on this round
Easy, find logical error, need to change operators, loops, just small errors.
OA 2 - Technical Round [70 mins]
Got 2 easy-medium LeetCode questions
I had k Closest points to origin and substrings with k distinct chars
Passed all test cases
OA 3 - Work simulation [2.5 hours]
Focus on Amazon Leadership Principles and provide answers based on the principles.
- Code review
- Simple designing code
- Little long as compared to other two rounds
- Includes logical ability test: 24 questions in 35 minutes (simple questions)
Final Round - 45 mins
Asked 2 behavioral questions, no introduction
- Handling a tight deadline
- How would you help a new employee who is facing technical difficulties?
Helpful Article: Interviewing at Amazon — Leadership Principles
Technical question: difficulty level medium
Start with the basic approach, do not try to optimize from the start itself.
Difficulty of the problem depends on the interviewer, team, and what they are actually looking for. So just take this as an example for reference.
Timeline:
Online application: 08/26/2019
OA1 : 9/23/2019
OA2 : 9/25/2019
OA3 : 9/29/2019
Final Round : 11/01/2019
Offer : 11/06/2019