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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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2019
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I was interviewing for intern position and interviewer gave me a problem for new grad position. After he realized that, he gave me few questions and let me described it quickly because we ran out of time.
First round is Coding challenge. If you clear then,
Virtual Coding Interview, generally 2 coding questions
Schedule for an Onsite Technical and Behavioral Interview, typically lasts for 4 hours. Result will be given in 1 week.
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Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral questions, coding questions on data structures
The application process consisted of a few OA's and then an interview with a coding question and a few behavioral questions. The coding question was nothing too difficult, just performing BFS on a tree. For the behavioral questions, make sure you know the 12 Amazon Leadership Principles, as they want you to tie those into your answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time in which you took ownership of something.