Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2022
Interview
Good and interactive, the UI is interactive and provides a competitive environment.The interviewer explains the question well and give proper guidance to solve the question. The round was on time and there was no delay for further round.
You should always work on coding skills in order to qualify your coding test and you should also focus on the timing of your code writing. You should know the basic concepts of describing your code and able to get time complexity and trade off.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2021
Interview
The interview process was as follows:
There was online coding test and
then two Technical Rounds based on Data Structures and Algorithms and
Two Behavioural Rounds based on Amazon leadership principles.
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