Amazon Interview Report
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AnswersI had two phone interviews at Amazon.com. Got rejected after the second interview even though I thought I did very well (think I answered every question correctly!). I'm thinking it must be the economy :(
- Zefram Cochrane October 17, 2008| Report Duplicate | Flag | PURGE
Amazon Software Engineer / Developer General Questions and Comments - 1of 0 votes
AnswersThere are 9 marbles. 8 of them are of equal weight, 1 is not. You are given a weighing scale. How do you find out which one is has the different weight? Is there a faster solution? What is the speed of your solution?
- Zefram Cochrane November 22, 2008| Report Duplicate | Flag | PURGE
Amazon Software Engineer / Developer Brain Teasers - 0of 0 votes
AnswersHow do you model an elevator in OOP? Extremely vague question on purpose. He wanted me to talk about the algorithm of elevator selecting which floors to go to based on the buttons pushed inside and outside elevator. Kept on asking followup questions. Prepare by thinking about how the algorithm for elevator works.
- Zefram Cochrane November 22, 2008| Report Duplicate | Flag | PURGE
Amazon Software Engineer / Developer Object Oriented Design - 1of 1 vote
AnswersGiven 1) an int[] array and 2) an int value, how do i find out which two elements in the array add up to the value given? What is the speed of your algorithm? Can it be done faster?
- Zefram Cochrane November 22, 2008| Report Duplicate | Flag | PURGE
Amazon Software Engineer / Developer Arrays - 1of 0 votes
AnswersQuestion about java Generics. What it is? Functions and Generics questions. Best if you study it well.
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Amazon Software Engineer / Developer Java - 1of 0 votes
AnswersHow do you represent the following expression in "class design": (5*3)+(4/2) ? How would an algorithm that computes the value of this expression work?
- Zefram Cochrane November 22, 2008| Report Duplicate | Flag | PURGE
Amazon Software Engineer / Developer Object Oriented Design