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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Recruiter reached me for the position. As a first step, they send the coding challange which held in online. It consist two medium level questions. Before the coding assignment, you should practice with hackerrank coding challanges.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Pune) in Feb 2022
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1 Coding round
2 Technical round
1 Bar raiser round
1 Managerial round
Technical rounds are conducted on a single with a gap of 30 mins, once you pass the technical round they will schedule bar raiser round and managerial round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data Structures and algorithm with behavioural questions
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jul 2022
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I was referred by an employee at Amazon. The process consists of 3 stages:
- An online coding assessment which lasted around ~2 hours.
- A phone screen where a separate recruiter asked me general questions about my motivations for the role etc.
- A (virtual) onsite set of 4 interviews which were composed of a mix of technical/behavioural questions.
Each stage is dependent on successfully getting through the previous ones.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you strongly disagreed with someone at work.