Amazon Lab126 Software Engineer interview experience

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Cupertino, CAPosted Oct 2012 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with two phone screens, both of which were pretty straightforward, and then I visited their lab for the in-person interviews.

On the phones, I was asked to merge sorted arrays, and even more than that, the exact same question showed up in both screens.

When I realized it was repeating, I told the second interviewer that I’d already seen that prompt from the first person. They told me to go ahead anyway and that it should be quick. The in-house portion felt okay, but the lab visit had a small awkwardness around lunch—interview time felt poorly managed, and it didn’t make the break comfortable.

I ended up with an offer. The reflection I had after was that the repeated question was convenient in a way, but the

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