Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2014
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter that viewed my Linkedin profile.
Had a phone interview with a software engineer in Amazon, was asked about my current job and several technical questions.
I was asked to implement two questions on a collaborated web-site (white board).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Implement a method that verifies if one string can be constructed by another. E.g: "aaabc" can be constructed by "aaabbbccd"
2. Given a linked list containing numbers (Node element), implement a method that returns two lists: one containing even numbers and one odd numbers - without allocating new list elements.
I applied online one year ago and maybe one week later, one HR contact me, and asked me if I had got the interview within half year, and I said this is the first time I applied Amazon. Then, he gave me a link and let me answer the three code questions within one and a half hours.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Aug 2014
Interview
First was Written Test which includes three questions :-
1. Adding two linked list
2. Calculate the length of longest palindrome in linked list
Third question i don't remember very much.
But It was quite nice experience.
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Question 1
As I was unable to qualfy written test so no chance of asking questions.