I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Cape Town) in Nov 2023
Interview
First round was an online questionnaire about experience and expectations. Second was a basic coding challenge administered automatically. I was ghosted after 2nd round. The process was refined but I had no interaction with a human for the entire process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A Leetcode type question, where the goal was to find a unique sequence in a array.
I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Washington, DC)
Interview
Applied with a referral. Got the OA that week and completed it. Was not able to solve one of the OA questions in there completely. 3 rounds. First round was behavioral. Second round was technical included two leetcode medium problems and last round was system design about designing a messenger app.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design whatsapp and a habit tracker app
Leetcode graph medium question
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services
Interview
The overall experience exceeded expectations due to the exceptional attention to detail, consistently professional communication, thoughtful execution, and impressive reliability throughout the entire process. Every aspect was handled efficiently, resulting in a seamless, highly satisfactory outcome that demonstrated both expertise and a strong commitment to quality.
Interview was conducted well. Questions were fair, just wasn't prepared well enough. Brush up on your data structures and basic algorithms. The programming language used doesn't matter. Prepare past experiences stories beforehand so you are ready when asked about an experience.