Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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They had two rounds of technical and behavioural interviews. You had to respond with Amazons leadership principles. The technical questions were leetcode mediums that you had 60 minutes to solve.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Jul 2021
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First there was an online assessment, which consisted of two questions. The questions were leetcode easy to medium level in terms of difficulty. Then, 3 virtual interviews each with leetcode style question. Also, each had behavioral questions. Questions were leetcode easy/medium.
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If i remember correctly, one of the OA questions was a minimum spanning tree problem.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Jul 2022
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There were 4 rounds in total. 1st round was a Online Assessment Round which was held on HackerRank platform, There were 2 DSA questions that was meant to be solved within 105 mins, After that there was a Amazon Work Style Survey that took around 10-15 mins. 2nd round was Technical Round 1. It was of 60 mins And two DSA questions were asked. 3rd round was Technical Round 2. This also comprised of two DSA questions of medium difficulty and it was of 60 mins. 4th round was a HR Interview Round. It was of 45 mins and it focused more on code quality and Amazon's Leadership Principles.
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One variant of Burn The Tree. Leetcode's Race Car Problem. Flatten The Tree Problem.