I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC)
Interview
Started of with an introduction, then a 45 minute leetcode hard problem. Needed to screenshare and discuss my approach to solving the problem.
For the coding solution, they looked at the time and space complexities of the solution to evaluate the 'answer quality'. I was to explain my reasoning to how I got that time and space complexity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I have a list of integers representing the stock prices in each day. Write a function that returns what days to buy the stock and what days to sell the stock to maximize profit. Initially you can only buy, you can choose to not buy any at all. You can only sell after having bought, and can only buy again after having sold. Try to get as close to O(n) time complexity as possible.
Hackerrank round first and then two LC questions as the final round (BFS/DFS medium). Also had a behaviour component, testing the leadership principles and how my experiences aligned with them.
Expect one behavioral LP question followed by a leetcode medium or hard for two rounds. Be prepared to answer in depth on the behavioral questions and review LeetCode’s list of questions from Amazon.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about what AI platforms you use to help you work more efficiently
HR interview, then I had 1 45 minute coding round with 10 minutes behavioral and 35 minutes coding. Behavioral round was typical star format questions probing at leadership principles. Ex. Tell me about a time you took initiative and it didn’t work out.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an m x n grid of characters board and a string word, return true if word exists in the grid.
