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      Lead Engineer Interview

      25 Feb 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Cape Town
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Cape Town) in Nov 2018

      Interview

      Initial telephonic interview followed by a video call technical assessment where I had to write code in a shared document. Flown down to Cape Town, for a series of interviews over one day. First was an interview with a senior in HR to evaluate my culture fit, interpersonal skills, etc. Second and third were technical challenges requiring white board coding. Fourth was a white board system design. Feedback received within 4 days.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design a scalable log collector.
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      Lead Engineer Interview

      21 Jan 2019
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon

      Interview

      STAR methodology to answer any technical based question and always try to relate practical scenarios. 4 rounds - 1 phone screening, 2 and 3 core technical skilled based 4 final offer

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What are TCP/IP routing protocol? Difference between interior and exterior routed protocol?
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      Lead Engineer Interview

      22 Apr 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2017

      Interview

      On site interview. 6 interviewers - including team you apply for 50% of questions are about your previous experience to see if you follow their leadership principles few algorithms questions and component design and system design questions - scalability in terms of volume of calls and data is important

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      NDA
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