Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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1. OA
2. One hour coding and leadership principles
3. 4 hour, leadership and coding rounds.
Easy to medium leetcode. They focus on leadership principles the most, focus on professional experience not the academic
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Data structures, Algorithms, easy to medium leetcode
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2021
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45 minutes total - 15 minute behavioral heavily based off leadership principles, 30 minute technical --> generally a leetcode easy or medium that is heavily modified. The interviewer will stick very closely to this timeline, going outside the time constraint is not recommended.
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I was asked a modified version of two sum, and asked about leadership principles like dive deep, deliver results, etc.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2021
Interview
Went through 3 rounds of Online Assessments and 3 rounds of final interviews, where the OA consisted of debugging, coding question, and work simulator. The 3 rounds of final interviews were all coding questions along with a few behavioral questions that are related to Amazon's Leadership Principles.
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Tell me about a time you failed and what you learned from it