I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderābād) in Apr 2026
Interview
1. Design a rate limiter - I already read this question still I failed because the interviewer was asking me things I did not know about
2. Coding - this round went very well because the coding question I had already seen. Word Search 2 from leetcode
3. Order processing or checkout system - LLD failed this round, was expected I know all SOLID principals in implementation
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in Nov 2025
Interview
There were 4 rounds. I got rejected in the first round itself with no feedback from the HR or anything. Bad experience because of HR ignoring the time slots I chose and I was a bit dizzy during interview and blabbered unnecessary stuff.. Also the lack of feedback after the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Explain any solution that I've built end to end.
2) Given two sorted arrays find the median when those arrays are merged into a single sorted array.
3) High level design of pastebin.com
It was long and the interviewers seemed checked out. I really was a red flag that it jobs would be monotonous. I guess I expeced that but it was strange to see.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked what types of hours I was willing to work which isn't a good question to ask new hires.