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.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
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Attended a DSA-focused interview, solved both problems but was still rejected. The interviewers were professional and skilled, but the evaluation seemed solely based on DSA, with no weight given to other relevant skills.
5 rounds. Leetcode, system design and Amazon leadership principles. It’s been very interactive . Each round is 1 hour with 15 min break. There are questions related to Amazon leader ship principles and data structures and algorithms
Get the online assessment. Two coding questions, like leetcode medium level. Also have a very long workstyle and assessment. after the OA, HR reply two weeks later. Then, get another prepare hints two weeks later.