Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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The interviewer was patient and pretty helpful. Although the competition was high, the interview process was smooth and fun. Would've loved to work there. The interviewer was helpful and didn't hesitate from giving hints as an when he felt it was required.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY)
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Two weeks after applying online, I was contacted by a recruiter to take an online assessment which consisted of 2 coding questions (90 minutes) and describing the thought process/time complexity for your solutions (15 minutes).
After doing well in the online assessment, the in-person interview was scheduled for 6 weeks later.
The in-person interview consisted of 4 rounds in one day, 3 coding and 1 systems design with one 15 minute break after the first 2 interviews. Behavioral questions based on Amazon Leadership Principles were asked in each round. Interviewers were very personable and the overall experience was low pressure. The coding questions were very reasonable and not tricky in any way.
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Question 1
3 straightforward algorithm/data structure questions. One system design question. A lot of Amazon Leadership Principles questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2019
Interview
Straightforward and easy. IQ test + debugging first round. Then algorithm questions. Then behavioral interview. Then offer was presented to me. The behavioral was very straightforward and easy. You get to actually talk to a a current Software Engineer which is pretty cool.
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Question 1
Medium level dynamic progamming question. Expected to be solved optimally. Timed about 70 minutes for two questions. The other question was a straightforward programming task. No real logic just testing your programming skills.