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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Behavioral and more casual interview with Team Manager who explained the type of project I will be working in and then coding interview with my supervisor who was the project manager
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Behavioral questions and Coding Technical questions
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The SDE test featured HackerRank-style questions. The main challenge was the lengthy and complex problem descriptions, which made it difficult to comprehend and solve within the time limit. Practicing on HackerRank beforehand would definitely help improve speed and familiarity with the format.
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They asked two array manipulation questions. Both involved logic-heavy operations and required efficient handling of arrays under time constraints. Practicing similar problems on HackerRank would definitely help.
Was overall easy, was asked not to mention outside technical work , as a new grad didn't have much technical experience so felt a bit awkward , could have done better