I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Medium to hard difficulty level questions
Three rounds of coding
One behavioural/leadership principle round
Overall good experience
Asked examples of each amazon leadership principle -customer obsession, ownership, deep dive, invent and simplify etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Vertical order traversal of tree
Memory read/write
Combination sum
min no of swaps to put all zeroes together
I received an Online Assessment (OA) invitation from Amazon. The assessment consisted of two coding questions of medium to hard difficulty, focusing on data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving skills. The questions required efficient solutions with optimized time and space complexity. After the OA, shortlisted candidates typically proceed to one or more technical interview rounds covering coding, system design, and behavioral questions based on Amazon's Leadership Principles.
Applied online via career site, received OA link within 2 days and cleared it, Round 1- DSA, Round-2 DSA, Round 3- System Design, Round 4- Mixed Technical Discussion and Behavioral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands (LC 200 - Medium): You are heavily advised to know how to traverse connected components using a 2D grid.
Interview involved one screening OA and one final day, 3 back to back interviews, one technical, one behavioral and one mix. Focused on leader ship principles and DSA and algo
