Amazon Lab126 Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Dec 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a mix of phone screens and onsite interviews, and the onsite was the most memorable part.

I had whiteboard-style coding where they tested my problem-solving technique, and I also got asked to do some behavioral and modeling work—one prompt involved modeling an airport. I remember how important data structures felt in this process, with topics like heaps, trees, and linked lists, plus a requirement to be solid on string manipulation.

The experience also had a very uncomfortable interpersonal edge. One interviewer was more focused on interrupting and stalling than really listening to my solution, and it made it hard to stay centered. Another part of an onsite I experienced had a

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