Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Very straightforward, but long. Have 4 back-to-back interviews, 45 minutes each. Each interview consisted of about 20 minutes of behavioral questions and a 25 minute technical question. There was a 30 minute break in the middle to go to the bathroom and get water.
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Tell me about a time when you had a disagreement on the ideal approach to a problem with a colleague. What was the outcome? What actions did you take?
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2021
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The first question in the technical interview section was simple. As I solved it, they added more and more layers of complexity. I got it correct, but maybe my solution was suboptimal because I did not make it to the next intervie round.
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Something related to iterating through an array, really not that difficult.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
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phone->OA->... pretty general. it was just like any other tech companies, but it was harder. The OA was similar with hard level in leetcode. Even though you finished the OA pretty well, if you fail few test cases, you are out just like me.
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array and graph coding/programming interview questions