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From: itscsk111165 <55187535+itscsk111165@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 13:31:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Updated the Amazon interview criteria

Added Amazon interview roadmap
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 - Tips:
   - You can code on your own laptop and look up APIs
   - Dropbox recruiters are very nice and will give you helpful information on what kind of questions to expect for the upcoming sessions
-  - One of the front end sessions involve coding up a pixel-perfect version of a real page on www.dropbox.com. You'll be given a spec of the desired page and you'll be asked to create a working version during the interview
+  - One of the front end sessions involve coding up a pixel-perfect version of a real page on www.dropbox.com. You'll be given a spec of the desired page and you'll be asked to create a working version during the interview.
 
 ### Facebook
 
@@ -160,3 +160,22 @@ If the company provides lunch, you might also have a lunch session with an emplo
 - Tips:
   - No front end questions were asked
   - 1 of the interviewers is an Engineering Manager
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+### Amazon
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+- Recruiter phone screen
+- Technical phone interview:
+  - 1 or 2 x Algorithm/front end on CoderPad/CodePen
+- On-site (General):
+  - 2 x Algorithm coding on CoderPad
+  - 1 x System design/architecture
+- On-site (Back End):
+  - 2 x BackEnd coding on CodePen. Use any framework/library
+  - 1 x Past experience/project
+  - 2 x Cross functional
+- Tips:
+  - All sessions involve coding on your own laptop. Prepare your development environment in advance
+  - You are allowed to look up APIs if you need to
+  - They seem to place high emphasis on compilable, runnable code in all their coding rounds
+  - Cross functional interviews will involve getting Airbnb employees from any discipline to speak with you. These interviews are mostly non-technical but are extremely important to Amazon because they place a high emphasis on cultural fit. Do look up the Airbnb section of the behavioral questions to know what sort of questions to expect
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