Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Boston, MA) in Feb 2019
Interview
The first assessment consisted of a debugging round and some aptitude questions. The debugging round had 7 questions to be completed within 20 minutes. The second assessment was a coding round, where they had given two questions to be coded in 70 minutes.
The last round for the internship was a video interview which started off with some behavioral questions followed by a programming question.
Face to face interview, ask your experience in coding, give brief coding question for you to think though and right down. Need to get the answer in a short time. Just got the first round an reject.
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Question 1
Basic C code algorithm, need to write it down, not typing
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2019
Interview
After a casual conversation about my willingness to relocate and the history and nature of the work done in the specific department, I was told to expect an email giving me access to an assessment session that would last 90 minutes.
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The online assessment consisted of two coding problems. There was an explicit description of the situation and the input data. Also, there was a description of the general logic to be followed. Finally, there was a description of what the output should be.