The author describes a first-round Amazon phone interview organized into technical questions followed by leadership-focused discussion. The applicant reports completing an initial coding problem quickly. Additional technical topics concerned coordinating multiple robots in a restaurant and designing a Kafka-related file-watching system that could handle millions of files. The robot scenario required repeated clarification because its requirements were vague.
The behavioral portion asked about work that could not be completed within a tight deadline and a difficult problem requiring detailed investigation to locate the cause. The report was written just after the interview and does not include an outcome.
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