Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions
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GOT 2 interviewd for SDE pos where i had applied normally though portal. here i went through first process of question answering normal questions that were asked by them, those questions were related to my resume
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC)
Interview
4 rounds interview from different people.
Each interview is for around 1 hour.
System design to design a system that fits for the scalability and capacity.
Coding questions to write algorithm to solve the coding questions.
It's pretty straightforward with 2 LC questions and some small behavioral questions. The interviewer was very nice, and straight to the point. She also allowed me to ask questions at the end.
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Question 1
Explain Sliding Window algo to non-technical people