Amazon Interview Questions

Manisha J. - "The moment we realise that it's become somewhat unachievable or it's leading on a negative outcome and direction, following the below steps we took. P.S ( I worked for Amazon for 3 years on PMO) These below will be my Initial plan Quick sync up on hurdles and current project and why it seems this way discussion with my team gathering all the data points (pain points) to note down and break them into smaller parts for further resolution Review and retrospect the ongoing project, why it"See full answer

Dnyaneshwar M. - "I am all-rounder"See full answer

Aditi M. - "Amazon Go is cashierless shopping stores. The mission is to improve the shopping experience and reduce the time to get commodities without waiting in line for checkout. The goal of Amazon Go would be adoption and expansion. I will refine the goal as we go further. Competition All Convenience stores like Target, Safeway, Walgreens or any local corner stores too User Segments for Amazon Go Store managers Shoppers High intent shoppers- 2-3 times a week Medium intent and - On"See full answer

Ayush S. - "Consulted on building a mental healthcare marketplace, performed user research, and competitive analysis. Formulated business strategy shift from D2C to B2B and product roadmap for MVP, onboarded 100K+ users. Shift was based off changing market dynamics."See full answer

Anonymous Roadrunner - "from typing import List def traprainwater(height: List[int]) -> int: if not height: return 0 l, r = 0, len(height) - 1 leftMax, rightMax = height[l], height[r] res = 0 while l < r: if leftMax < rightMax: l += 1 leftMax = max(leftMax, height[l]) res += leftMax - height[l] else: r -= 1 rightMax = max(rightMax, height[r]) "See full answer

Swetha C. - " Questions: Is there any specific user pain point we are trying to solve ? Is this for engagement or retention or revenue Is there any specific Geo you want me to focus ? Is there any specifc user segment you want to focus ? Structure: Company Mission: Easy access to vehicle no matter when and where you are. Product Mission: Quick and easy delivery of food delivered at your door step User Segments: Sellers : Restaurant, Catering, F"See full answer

Deepti K. - "I gave multiple answers including polling the service every 10 sec to see customer. Or we can have the client side call which will send this data after 10 sec to us. We will store in dynamo DB and then send through pipelines to redshift DB for analytics."See full answer

Ian R. - "You might build a product like this a few ways. I think you'd definitely want a temperature sensor device (maybe like a TMP422, or maybe there's a different one that is standard for wearables) that was worn by the individual. As far as tracking social distance, my answer here is more dependent on the state of the art of robust (wearable) distance measurement. Maybe there's something available better than ultrasonic sensors, maybe there's some kind of electromagnetism based solution that isn't in"See full answer

Lucas G. - "I would conduct a sample z-test because we have enough samples and the population variance is known. H1: average monthly spending per user is $50 H0: average monthly spending per user is greater $50 One-sample z-test x_bar = $85 mu = $50 s = $20 n = 100 x_bar - mu / (s / sqrt(n) = 17.5 17.5 is the z-score that we will need to associate with its corresponding p-value. However, the z-score is very high, so the p-value will be very close to zero, which is much less than the standa"See full answer

Neo S. - "I gave an example of a situation where on the project we needed to onboard 110 applications into the system to get their account and entitlement information for quarterly access review work stream. Traditionally we could have gone manual route and could have done it manually one by one which would have required more time and resources. I actually understood the applications and how they are built by talking to application owners and then based on the data bucketed them and found the pattern that"See full answer

Dhruv M. - "During my internship at Econalytica Solutions, I was assigned to help improve internal reporting for the procurement team. The department wanted more dynamic insights but didn’t have the budget for premium BI tools or new software licenses. My task was to enhance reporting and analytics capabilities using only the tools already available, primarily Excel, while still delivering insights that would support decision-making. I got creative by using advanced Excel features like Power Query, pivot ta"See full answer

Chung jin C. - "In my role as VP of operational model transformation was leading the definition of current and to be state of operations for a business representing >50% of the revenue & profits of the company. In a monthly feedback session, my manager shared how he noticed I had not delegated tasks and that I should work with 2 members who had been seconded to the team. We were working on a tight timeline and we wanted to get the targets completed earlier so that we can provide some buffer for further alignm"See full answer