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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      Sep 2, 2010
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2010

      Interview

      After reviewing my resume they arranged a phone interview. I was contacted precisely on time and spoke to a member of the team I would be working for. The interviewer immediately wanted me to code for him, and provided a link to Google docs to do so. After programming we chatted about the company and I was offered a chance to ask questions. Interview ended positively but I later received a rejection letter.

      Interview questions [4]

      Question 1

      Given two lists, A and B, of sizes n and k, respectively, describe an algorithm to determine the intersection, C, of the two lists. What is the complexity of your algorithm? (The obvious solution is O(n*k)). Can you describe a solution that is faster? (An optimized solution can do it in O(n+k)).
      3 Answers

      Question 2

      What algorithm would you use to search a sorted list? What is the complexity of the algorithm? Implement the algorithm in your language of choice.
      2 Answers

      Question 3

      An integer is represented in binary as a sequence of 0's and 1's. Write a function that returns the number of 1's in the binary representation of a given integer.
      2 Answers

      Question 4

      Suppose you have a system that keeps track of thousands of users' contact information, including email address. This information is stored in plain text, on disk in a hierarchical directory structure (on a Unix operating system) organized by year, month, and day it was entered in the system. Something bad happens and the system crashes. We want to get the email address of all these users to notify them. How would you parse these directories and files to generate a simple list of email addresses?
      1 Answer
      2

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