Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2020
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3-4 rounds of interviews...
no proper intimation regarding the kind of interview.
otherwise the interviewers were very friendly I must say....! they make you feel comfortable while conducting the interview process. last interview of mine was conducted march and then in June I was informed that i was not selected....
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There were many things...but for Software development engineer they are keen on data structures
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jul 2022
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I applied online and heard back from a recruiter within a few days with an invitation to complete the online code assessment, with a guide and some helpful tips. Once I had passed this, I had a video interview on the Leadership Principles and a coding question. I heard back a few days later, and proceeded to the next and (supposedly) final round. The loop was pretty much the same as the first call - in total I had 4 interviews across the day, with Leadership Principles in all of them and different coding subjects tested in each one. However, in the one judging my OOP awareness, I was asked to code a game I had never played before, which was a bit impossible! I received a call from the recruiter apologising, and had a 'redo' video interview on that one subject a few days later. The recruiter was absolutely amazing throughout, and even though the entire process took ~2 months, she made sure I was kept updated regularly.
When I had passed the online coding interview, I was put into the system as having applied for another job (with the same interview process), so the recruiter made sure to get me interviews with people in the same team I was applying for, and my extra interview was with someone who had moved from Alexa so I could get different perspectives. The entire process was really interesting, you will definitely will need to revise for the coding rounds / technical questions!
The joining offer was very generous and far above my asking salary, which was really nice to feel so valued and welcomed into the company. On top of that you receive a sign on bonus for the first year (a lump sum) and for the second year (spread across 12 months), and shares in Amazon!
I have already been asked to go for lunch with my team before I join, and my new manager (who was one of my interviewers) checks in regularly with me. On top of that, in between my previous position and my new job at Amazon, I was allowed to choose my starting date, so I now have a month off in between!
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Questions on their Leadership Principles and interview coding questions
First round has mcqs and 2 codes
3 interview rounds
2 DSA questions in the first round
3 DSA questions in second round
1 DSA question in bar raiser round
Requires knowledge on data structures, time complexities
Topics like trees, graphs, arrays are very important
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1. 2 sum variation
2. Least common ancestor in a binary search tree
3. DSA Question using hashing
4.DSA questions about trees and arrays