Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2013
Interview
briefly coding, asked about my background and asked about the function and difference between map and list, then turned to coding part, toke me 45 mins to complete the whole procedure, then I asked him about one or two questions ,then the interview ends
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Feb 2015
Interview
The first round was a very simple online test, but you need to be pretty fast because the online compiler takes time. Nothing you wouldn't know beforehand.
The interview questions were pretty easy. Basic oops and algorithms questions. The interviewer seemed to be in a hurry though, and created a slightly stressful environment. They asked me to code on Collabedit.
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Design an oops scenario (given by them) and explain why you used certain features.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2014
Interview
Didn't prepare very well. The question is very basic, but I didn't do it very well. The interviewers are very nice, I got a lot of hints when I got stuck. Good trip to Seattle, it's very beautiful city.
OA:3 Linked list questions
Onsite: using BST find connections in social network, OO questions like method accessment, polymorphism, elevator design .
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OA:3 Linked list questions
Onsite: using BST find connections in social network, OO questions like method accessment, polymorphism, elevator design .