Amazon Software Development Engineer II interview questions
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I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Jan 2015
Interview
First they asked for a write up on most challenging project and maximum lines of code written in a project.
After my write up get short listed, they called for F2F interview in Hyderabad. First round was a programming round and they asked 3 questions-
1. cross product of m*n matrix.
2. left view of a tree (BFS not accepted).
3. Sorting a link list with numbers greater than zero and last element of linked list is greater than second last element.
Second round was a design round. They asked about designing a railway ticketing system.
After these two rounds they rejected my candidature.
I did a phone Screening from the recruiter, nothing technical, she explained the benefits and the detail of the role. Two weeks later, I received an email to book a technical interview. I was asked to explain my technical experience specifically when a user required something against the business rules.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2014
Interview
Initial communication from third party recruiter on Linked in. Interviewed onsite in Seattle without phone interview, as part of 'Blitz' process.
Flew out from California to Seattle 4 days later on a Monday. Went through 4 onsite interviews during the morning with 4 different people - one manager, 3 SDEs, plus the recruiter.
Got call by afternoon of the interview to be told that there was an offer incoming. Detailed offer with numbers a few days later.