Amazon, a global e-commerce titan, lures job seekers with its innovation and distinctive culture. To join, you must navigate a series of tough interviews. This article breaks down the Amazon VO process, offers VO strategies, and shares key interview insights to help you land your dream offer.
1. BQ Section
The Behavioral Questions (BQ) section centers on Amazon’s 16 Leadership Principles (LPs). Interviewers probe your past experiences to see how you’ve demonstrated those principles in real work situations.
Top 5 BQ Examples
- Why did you choose Amazon?
- Tell me about a time you failed at work. What did you learn?
- Describe a challenge you faced. What was your role and the outcome?
- Give an example of when you disagreed with a colleague or manager’s decision.
- Tell me about a time you had to make a quick decision under a tight deadline.
2. Coding Interview
Amazon’s coding interviews are flexible. Start by mastering the “Blind 75” problems, then tackle a broader set like the “Top Interview 150.”
Real Amazon Code Problem
You manage a warehouse with 6 product types. Initially, all stocks are zero:
stocks = [1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1]Each operation lets you increment by 1 the stock of any contiguous segment of products. Find the **minimum number of operations** to reach the target stocks.
3. Hiring Manager Interview
Typically combines Behavioral Questions with an Object-Oriented Design (OOD) problem to assess your background, technical skills, and teamwork.
- Introduce yourself
- What is something that took you a long time and a lot of work to accomplish?
- Describe a challenge during a work or school project.
- Tell me about a mistake you made and how you fixed it.
- OOD exercise: design a pizza-ordering system
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