Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2019
Interview
Behavior questions first, then they asked me some data structures, including array, list, hashmap and so on.
At last, the recruiter prepared 2 coding problems for me. But I just finished 1 problem. I don't know whether I will get the offer.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxemburgo) in Mar 2019
Interview
First two stages were online interviews. I am still waiting for a reply for the next stage if any. First online interview has two parts: 1. Finding mistakes in the code - Very simple, lots of time. 2. Abstract and logical questions. - You need to be a bit fast and focused, time quickly flies away.
Second online interview has also two parts: 1. Simulation of life at Amazon. This part is very enjoyable, but it took a very long time. - 120 min 2. Two simple coding questions - 70 min
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Cary, NC)
Interview
The first 2 steps were the OA. OA1 has the logical questions and OA 2 had 2 Leetcode Easy-Medium questions as stated by other people also. The last was the virtual interview in which she mainly focused on my approach of solving the question and was asking various questions on why choosing this particular approach. The questions were simple and was asked on string substring.