I got a referral from an employee for the QAE position at Chennai and after applying I got call from Amazon the very next day. They scheduled the phone call interview. The interviewer didn’t show up on the scheduled date. So we scheduled again to a new date.
Phone Interview: 1) Asked test cases for Amazon Shopping Cart. 2) You are hosting a web app in your server which is accessible only to a particular set of people. But on an unusual day, all the people are able to access your web app. How would you troubleshoot this issue?
Phone interview went well and I got a call from Amazon within a week for scheduling onsite rounds. 4 onsite face to face interviews were scheduled.
Face to Face 1: 1) Test cases for analog alarm clock. 2) Test cases for lift. 3) You are hosting a game in your server. All the users are connected to the game. When one user tries to connect to the multiplayer game he gets Error Occured message. How would you troubleshoot this scenario?
2) Given an integer, find the nearest palindrome to that number. Eg1. I/P : 115 O/P : 111 Eg2. I/P : 117 O/P : 121
4) Given a sentence, reverse all the words in that sentence. Eg. I/P : This is sample text O/P : sihT si elpmas txet
Bar Raiser Round: 2) How would you test Whispersync feature in Kindle. 3) Given two sorted linked lists, merge the lists in a sorted manner with constant extra space.
4) Asked all possible behavioral questions like a) What is the most challenging/complex job that you did? b) Any misunderstanding scenario with you manager and teammates? c) Why are you interested in QAE? d) How would you handle pressure?
Managerial Round: 1) Asked about my current project in depth. 2) Again asked all possible behavioral questions to test whether I can handle pressure situations and How do I handle prioritization of jobs and about my testing strategy. 3) Given an integer, find sum of digits of that number until sum becomes single digit and asked the test data for the same.
Programming questions were easy. They do stress much on test cases and troubleshooting. All the Best!!!
4) Given a sentence, reverse all the words in that sentence. Eg. I/P : This is sample text O/P : sihT si elpmas txet
Bar Raiser Round: 2) How would you test Whispersync feature in Kindle. 3) Given two sorted linked lists, merge the lists in a sorted manner with constant extra space.
2) Given an integer, find the nearest palindrome to that number. Eg1. I/P : 115 O/P : 111 Eg2. I/P : 117 O/P : 121
Phone Interview: 1) Asked test cases for Amazon Shopping Cart. 2) You are hosting a web app in your server which is accessible only to a particular set of people. But on an unusual day, all the people are able to access your web app. How would you troubleshoot this issue?
Phone interview went well and I got a call from Amazon within a week for scheduling onsite rounds. 4 onsite face to face interviews were scheduled.
Tips to Crack the Amazon QA Engineer Interview
Given below are some tips to help you ace your next QA engineer interview.
A strong project portfolio can give you a competitive edge. Create your portfolio using the STAR format, which highlights situations, tasks, actions, and results for each project. This will give interviewers the right context and clarity about projects as you talk about them.Â
Behavioral interviews are a very important part of the Amazon interview process. Amazonâs behavioral interviews differ from behavioral interviews at other FAANG companies. The Bar Raiser round at Amazon focuses primarily on Amazonâs 14 Leadership Principles.
Make sure you prepare answers to behavioral questions using the STAR format. Appearing unprepared at the behavioral round by answering questions unsatisfactorily can negatively impact your interview results.Â
Practice as many coding problems as possible before your interview. Try to practice at least 80 problems before your interview. This will help you identify different patterns that you can apply to solve new problems.Â
Give yourself a minimum of 8 weeks to prepare for the interview. Inadequate preparation time can cause you to overlook crucial technical concepts, weakening your competitive edge.
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Amazon operates across several industries providing customer-focused products and services. Quality is an essential facet of Amazonâs consumer-centric vision.Â
Quality Assurance (QA) engineers at Amazon work closely with software developers to evaluate the functionality of products and services through manual or automated tests. QA engineers run a series of test suites and cases to identify product defects and drive quality initiatives.Â
QA engineers play an important role at Amazon, ensuring the companyâs products and services meet the highest standards of excellence.Â
In this article, weâll look at the Amazon Quality Assurance Engineer interview process, including the type of questions asked at the interview. We also offer tips and insights to help you prepare for and ace your upcoming QA interview.
In this article, weâll cover: