Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE I) interview questions
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Software Development Engineer (SDE I) applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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At first asked me to give an intro to yourself, then comes to bq, the last part is coding process. It takes me about 45 minitues to finish the whole processes
3 rounds, all technical. Prepare for leadership principles. Technical questions can include system design questions. The best way to prepare is to practice medium questions on leetcode. Give as many archived contests as possible to get used to time-based assessments.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Dallas, TX) in Mar 2022
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I only did the online assessment. Still waiting for the recruiter to tell me the next step. The OA included two coding questions, one work simulation question list and a survey.