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 59.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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first received an OA and it's 70 mins of two coding and then 2.5 hours of work simulation. The coding question were average level of difficulty and work simulation is just possible work place scenarios
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Jan 2024
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Was asked two medium interview problems. Was able to code both the problems but was not sure of coding was correct since there was no option to run the code. The interviewer gave me positive feedback tho but didnt hear back from them.
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Question 1
One was based on variable sliding window.
Other was based on graph prim's algo.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Madrid)
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1) They contacted me and I followed the instructions on a link.
2) I solved the code challenge which were 2 difficult questions about data structure (I recommend studying DFS and BFS)
3) Work Simulation: Little by little you solved work situations on a daily basis.
4) Work style: What do you prefer most between 2 options.
5) Finally, a survey of how the selection process was.
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Question 1
For the work simulation, they gave you a situation of a technological project, and they presented you with research proposals, addressing the topic to rate whether it is important to invest time in those tasks or not.