Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2020
Interview
It was a nice and smooth process. Recruiter called and provided lots of details about the meetings, virtually anything interviewee needs to know. And she scheduled and coordinated the meetings. Recruiter was very helpful and considerate and interviewers were very nice
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most of the four rounds were half coding, half behavior
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Apr 2021
Interview
First round: Online test with 4 sections, including debugging questions, CS fundamentals, two coding questions and personality assessment.
this was followed by technical round one which had some DSA coding questions and some questions about my projects.
Then there was technical round two which had detailed discussion about one of my projects and some cs fundamental questions.
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I was asked about locks and semaphores, rotting oranges problem and ACID properties, i was also asked a question in which i had to check if a graph had a cycle or not as it's solution.
Simple coding questions with clear guidance and helpful tips
Some behavioral questions as well on Amazon leadership principles
Takes around 45 mins
Overall very good experience
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