Solicité el puesto a través de un captador. El proceso duró 1 día. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon (New York, NY) en feb 2014
Entrevista
Got contacted by an Amazon recruiter via LinkedIn for a position in Seattle - they were doing superdays in NYC. During the interview - met with 4 people. The interview process is casual, but they type everything in as they talk to you. They present you with real issues from their experience and ask how you would solve them.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
How do you design the system to allow users to rent movies on-demand, provided that all movies are already stored on a company ftp server.
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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 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.
Envié una solicitud electrónica. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon (Calgary, AB) en jun 2026
Entrevista
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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 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