I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Had a phone interview with recruiter to discuss my past experiences and general questions about my skills and technology preferences. After this was asked to complete an online coding skill assessment.
Just do coding on site, more or less leetcode median; but a very long session (I took around 3 hours coding session with around 2 min breaks), and some basic behavior questions. However, I got a free meal by the end of the day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly are "do you have any questions for interviewer"
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2020
Interview
A night before the interview, our college arranged an online interactive session for us with one of the Amazon employees. There I learnt the interview is usually difficult to crack and with the ongoing pandemic, it's going to be more difficult because Amazon tends to use their own app for the video calling where most of the times(presumably), the recruiter's face is not visible which(I feel) creates a more tense environment for the candidate. Even though the question asked by the interviewer was easy and I had solved that problem earlier, I couldn't answer it properly just out of nervousness. I was ousted in that very round but I learnt you can't crack the interviews of big corporations like Amazon and Goldman Sachs just by studying a night before the interview. I am quite good at aptitude and usually clear the first cognitive round and sometimes, the technical rounds too but for cracking a technical round, you need hell lot of preparation(at least a year) and most importantly loads of diligence and persistence.