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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It was very hard based on dp questions and behavioral questions. They will ask lp question for 30 min and then start coding questions. Optimization is key. System design is the tough one to crack
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Jan 2022
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Hard problem and a HR round screening. Was asked about code platforms and some data about sql.
was asked to reverse a binary tree
was asked to do system design
You apply either on LinkedIn or on the website of amazon. If your CV passes through the initial stage you will get an email for going in the technical interview process. The final interview stage might contain oral interview where you might be asked various situation bases questions which you need to answer using the leadership principles of Amazon.
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Object Oriented Programming related questions, etc.