Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) 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 59.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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3 1-hr interviews - technical and behavioral - Focus on Graphs and trees for DSA - Behavioral questions focus on Amazon's leadership principles - Answer using the STAR method confidently
It started in January and ended around May, so pretty long.
It had a recruiter screen, online assessment and a loop.
Interviewers were friendly and helpful throughout the loop. For lc, I prepared using amazon tagged questions, and for lp questions they asked follow up questions, but they were not probing, mostly curious.
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Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to navigate through an ambigous situation?