Amazon Software Development Engineer Intern interview questions
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Software Development Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 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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Took an OA with one LC easy and one LC medium. This was followed by a simulation of a workday flow, and then followed by a personality/work-style quiz. After that was a technical interview with one of Amazon's engineers where I was asked 2 LC easys and leadership questions.
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Question 1
Describe a time when you had to resolve a disagreement.
I applied online with a referral than received a take home OA. After scoring 100% on the OA, I was given a 45 minute interview: 15 minute behavioral and 30 minute technical.
OA was Easy + Medium LC (Medium was a prime number factor problem)
Onsite 45 minutes where I was asked about "Tell me about a time" experiences on how I used Leadership Principles. Answered with success stories intertwined with how I used said Leadership Principles. I was also given a scenario about arcade game scoring and had to code out an OOP implementation for.
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Question 1
Tell me about a time where you took on a leadership role for a project.