Amazon Software Development Engineer(SDE II) interview questions
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Very Tiring Interview which will go for a day. Half the time will be spent on behavioral and only the rest half will be available for coding which will not be sufficient.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Irvine, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me asking if I would be interested in interviewing with Amazon. I first had to take a coding assessment and once I passed that I was set up with an onsite interview the following week. The onsite consisted of 4 rounds 3 coding problems and 1 system design. I felt like I did well on 3 of the 4 interviews. You also need to be prepared for many behavioral questions based around the Amazon Leadership Principles. The whole process from initially being contacted to the rejection phone call was about 2 weeks. It was an overall positive experience. If I were to interview again I would have done more data structure and algorithm practice.
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What is the coolest thing you have learned outside of work that has helped you at work?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2021
Interview
Got contacted by the recruiter and then was sent an online assessment test of about 2 hours. The questions were similar to mentioned in Leetcode Amazon Online Assessment Questions List. Then I was scheduled for a phone interview. Unfortunately could not make it past this stage.