Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 27 days.
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was contacted on LinkedIn to give my information (cv etc) then had a phone call and a meeting (applicant day) to give a general overview of the process. Then an interview 20mins long competency based then straight after a technical interview. same day.
I applied through college or university. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC)
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1. Coding assessment: Two timed, medium-difficulty leetcode questions.
2. Online work style assessment: Simple behavioral simulation on how to respond to different situations in the workplace.
3. Virtual Loop Interview: Three back-to-back video conference interviews (one interviewer). One or two LP questions and a leetcode (one easy, one medium, one hard).
I received incorrect information about my application, had one of my loop interviews cancelled at the last minute and rescheduled for a week later, and received the incorrect offer document with a much higher salary than the one that was given to me as a "corrected" version.
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LP questions around difficult decisions, passion for learning.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (San Diego, CA) in Sep 2021
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Got an OA in two weeks, and was given some time to prepare for it. Afterwards, took the assessment, which was alright, and the results came out quickly. Process was on hackerrank, youre also given an example test to take.
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They asked me questions that would come up in everyday business, such as using dictionaries and arrays for data processing.