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> For what it's worth, my Amazon interview was probably the hardest one I ever did -- much harder than my Google interview. Same here. One of the interviewers
by nandemo 15y ago
> For what it's worth, my Amazon interview was probably the hardest one I ever did -- much harder than my Google interview.
Same here.
One of the interviewers asked me to name a software I used and liked. I said emacs. He then asked to draft a design of emacs on the whiteboard. First, a high-level design, then refine one of the modules, etc.
In my experience, the only other interview that was about as hard as Amazon's was at Jane Street Capital, which is also on the list. However, the Jane Street interview was a much more interesting experience -- after the interviews I felt I'd really like to work there.
- pja 15y agoOne of the interviewers asked me to name a software I used and liked. I said emacs. He then asked to draft a design of emacs on the whiteboard. First, a high-level design, then refine one of the modules, etc. That's a fantastic interview question. Much better than the usual "solve this tiny problem in 20 lines of code on a whiteboard". After you've reversed the words in a string more than twice it gets a bit boring.
- nandemo 15y agoI agree, it can be a fantastic interview question. For the record, though, they did questions of the "reverse a string" type too. Which is necessary, in my opinion.