Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Online test with two leetcode style questions. 1 In person video interview with another leetcode style question. Mostly easy/medium difficulty. Leadership principles questions also included. Practice Amazon leetcode questions and prepare LPs and you should be good
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Aug 2021
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Good interview process. Was able to clear 3 out of 4 interview rounds. Process includes OA followed by interviews. First and second rounds were DSA only round. 3rd round was behavioral round+DSA.
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How do you approach a problem which has straight forward solution which is rather inefficient?
Wasn't as hard as I expected but still not easy. Initial assessment consisted of two medium level LeetCode questions. The after following the assessment had a technical question as well as a big focus on Amazon Principles.