Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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First resume check, then OA for 2 rounds, then 1 round phone interview, then 4 rounds virtual onsite interview. Problems are challenging and I enjoy the interview very much. I need to communicate very often.
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Algorithms and object-oriented design problems with some extension on STL(since I used C++).
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Mar 2020
Interview
Really good communication, interviewers were laid back and fun to talk to. Questions were realistic and relatively deep. Very strong focus on behavioral and writing clean and maintainable code.
Recruiter reached out mentioning he got my info from a manager at a company I worked for. Set up a time for an interview
Had Phone Interview
They reached out again in a few days to set up a time for a virtual onsite
Virtual onsite was 2 weeks from then. They were very flexible
Onsite was 4 rounds bound by NDA
Received feedback of a down level - I had 3 years experience but the role I was interviewing required 4
Still received above expectations for pay
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Online coding and mcq round on amcat followed by three tech round and one hr round.
Only thirty students were shortlisted for interviews and eight were eventually selected. General questions on Ds algo and oops were asked.
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Question 1
Questions on trees, linked list, oops concepts and d.p.