Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE I interview questions
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Software Development Engineer SDE I 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 I 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.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer SDE I according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
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One on one interview: 20%
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smooth and fast , first round online coding test, and that was also the only round. I was sick so didn't do well that day but the questions were not hard. I was told if doing well no need for phone screening.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (New Delhi) in Jan 2021
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There were many questions asked. Be positive and aloud during the interview. Don’t be nervous and in rush to answer the question. Take your time. Interviewers are always nice and have a helping nature (in my case they were very nice, polite, helped me wherever I got stuck). Believe in yourself and always in God.
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Detailed discussion on Project like stacks and technologies used, problem faced, how did you manage to make your app efficient, database structure and schemas, functional and non functional requirements, security, scalability, etc.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (North Twenty Four Parganas) in Jan 2017
Interview
It was overall good, medium complexity types questions. I gave answer in optimised time and space complexity. They asked me 2 questions only in each rounds after a screening test which was first round.
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Q: Add one in a linked list which is represented by a number where each node has one digit.