Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Online Assessment 1- debugging questions and logical reasoning
Online Assessment 2- Work simulation and 2 coding questions on data structures and algorithms. Questions on strings to be precise. Easy /medium leetcode.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Madrid) in Apr 2019
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I got mail after 2 days my application. Online assessments are two parts first basic code knownledge and second part is about to test logic knownledge. It was not that difficult
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Question 1
Write a function that takes an integer and counts the number of bits.
I applied via company site. The process and instruction was very clear. Two parts of online assessments (quizzes and coding problems) and then final virtual interview which consists of 3 interview of 50 minutes each. I did not get an offer and no feedback was given (I was a bit nervous and did not prepare enough).
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Question 1
Behavioral questions such as the time you took action to solve problems.