Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Long Beach, CA) in May 2019
Interview
First there were two online assessments. After that 3 interviews 45-50 min each back to back . Where they asked coding problems and few behavioral questions. The behavioral questions tested me over the 14 principles Amazon stood for. I could do behavioral and coding well , but for one question I took more time to code than was allocated. So maybe that's what resulted in the rejection.
The online assessments will be like the leetcode problems you solve. There are 2 coding problems which should be solved in 90 min
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2019
Interview
After the OA, I had a 3 round video onsite interview. It is a 2019 new graduate program of Amazon. So the interview process contains Online Assessment and video onsite.
OA1 and OA2, 1 phone interview with 2 lc easy for the intern position. So much easier then i expected. This was for Seattle HQ in summer 2019. I heard back a week later.