Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. La procedura ha richiesto un giorno. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon (Seattle, WA) nel mese di giu 2010
Colloquio
The phone interview was slated to be an hour long, started on time and was 1 hour exactly. It was the 2nd such interview, and I have a 3rd scheduled. No idea how many more rounds there will be.
It began with a brief questioning of my past work experience, and soon moved on to technical questions largely covering data structures and algorithms, from simple (calculate change for a cash register) to complex (knapsack problem, dynamic programming). I was also given a design problem of an e-commerce site and asked to describe some of the basic objects I would need for customers, inventory, orders and shipping, and their interactions.
I was expected to provide a pseudo-code solution to the data structures and algorithms questions, which made pen and paper a necessity. It might be more helpful to sit at a computer and actually code up the solution in something like PHP or Python.
The interviews have (thus far) been very nice and tolerant of you not reaching a complete solution to the problems on your first iteration. They may even help walk you through a tough part.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Given a set of coins of arbitrary denominations, write an algorithm to calculate all possible ways to generate change for a given amount.
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.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 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.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon (Calgary, AB) nel mese di giu 2026
Colloquio
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.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 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