Amazon Software Development Engineer, II interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Bangalore Rural) in May 2023
Interview
It was lengthy process:
1. HackerRank test
2. 2 algorithm rounds
3. 1 LLD round
4. 1 HLD round
I was not selected as I did not performed that well in the algorithm rounds
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Sunnyvale, CA) in Jul 2024
Interview
I had an OA, followed by an Interview loop of 4 rounds. 3 coding rounds and 1 System design round. Each Round had 2 leadership principles questions followed by a medium-hard coding question with follow-up questions.
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Question 1
2 Leadership principle questions followed by a medium-hard coding question.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2024
Interview
Technical Screening
- Call with a recruiter
Online Assessment
- 1.5 hrs for 2 medium leetcode questions
- personality assessment
- system design multiple choice style assessment
Final Round
- 4, 1 hour interviews, with 1 hour break
- Each are 30 min behavioural, focused on 2 leadership principals
- 3 of them with 30min for medium/hard but doable leetcode questions, 1 with 30 min for system design
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Given an array of integers, return the k smallest element in each continuous subarray of size n.