Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 27 days.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
it was a mcq round where many most were eliminated.following which there was a coding round which further eliminated students . the selected students had 4 rounds of interview .
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Jun 2013
Interview
About two to three phone interviews and then in office interview at Seattle office. Amazon people are very friendly and smart and their questions make a lot of sense. I feel really good about the experience for interview at Amazon. I would be happy if they chose me for an in person interview at Seattle.
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Question 1
No difficult question. the interview walks you through the answer and helps along the way. Just be good at algorithms and some languages like C++ , java, etc.