Amazon Software Development Engineer Intern interview questions
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Software Development Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer Intern roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
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Very brief, 45 minutes. Seems kinda lame. Had Three quick assessments. Some coding. Some to test behavioural aspects of me. Took multiple hours, was a bit too long. Overall, it was not a very good time.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2020
Interview
Standard process of 3-part OA then a virtual in-person technical interview. OA consists of debugging, Leetcode-esque problems, and workplace simulation. In-person technical interview had several behavioral scenarios, simple system questions, and coding question.
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Question 1
Describe a conflict you had in a group project. Describe a system in which you would use a linked list vs array and stack vs queue. Find shared elements in all lists.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Croton-on-Hudson, NY) in Jan 2021
Interview
online assessment of 3 parts:
1. debugging (7 questions, 20 min)
2. coding (2 questions, 70 min)
3. work simulation (21 questions, 120 min)
You have 5 days to prepare each part and click on the link of test. The result will be reviewed in whole 3 parts and decided whether to go to next step: virtual on-site interview (1 or 3).