Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2019
Interview
There were 3 rounds in total. The first and second rounds were online assessment 1 and 2. Last round was the online technical interview. The online technical interview lasted for 45 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked 2-3 behavioral questions in the beginning. Then some questions on the scalability of an AWS service of my choice. After that a leetcode medium question. Last few minutes were reserved for asking questions to the interviewer.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2019
Interview
It was through an online hackathon, and the successful people who completed and successfully passed the test got an interview. The skill test was fine. Those who attend this kind of hackathons, please take time to read the question well.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
The first question was based on Matrix and Path Traversal
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Sídney) in May 2019
Interview
Firstly, there was a written test with 2 programming questions. And then there was a telephonic interview where they briefly asked about your experience and then asked to write 2 programs after sharing the screen.