Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Medium level coding questions were asked. First question was from graph data structure and second question was of array. Then their was behaviour round in which they asked about the work culture of previous companies.
Three-round interview with three technical questions. I thought I answered all the technical questions well. The behavioral questions I was a little unsure of but one of the interviewers was nice enough to reiterate what they were looking for, and seemed satisfied with the answers that I gave. I was not really sure what the deciding factor was but I wasn't hired
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2022
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I was contacted by amazon internal recruiter on Oct 2021. He gave me extra time for preparing my OA. After OA, I complete 1 phone interview and then Onsite(virtual). Total took about 2 months.
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1. List of vehicles plates on the express road for n days. Find the all vehicle which drove all those days. O(N) time
2. Calculate the sum of 2 linked list number.
3. Lots of BA questions.