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 59.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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To prepare for interviews, focus on:
Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA): Practice problems involving arrays, linked lists, trees, graphs, sorting, searching, and dynamic programming.
Coding: Improve problem-solving skills in C/C++, Python, or Java by solving competitive programming challenges.
Operating Systems (OS): Understand process management, threading, synchronization, memory management, and file systems.
Networking: Study the OSI model, TCP/IP protocols, routing, switching, and network security fundamentals.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1)2-3 DSA rounds, Operating system ,Networking concepts
Heavy on DSA
Most of it is based on leetcode and
System design as well
Behavioural questions were not asked as much as one would expect
There were in total 3 round of just coding
And every round was all from leetcode and hackerrank questions
Some of tjem were also new questions that were never heard of before
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me to do N queens as the easy problem for DSA rounds
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Vāranāsi) in Aug 2024
Interview
There was only one round that is technical. First they went through my projects in brief and then they ask about my interests and then 2 DSA questions. And then asked about my feedback and my questions.