Amazon Software Engineer II SDE2 interview questions
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Mar 2022
Interview
1 Online Test
1 System Design round
2 DS and Algo (Problem Solving) rounds
1 Bar-raiser round
The process was lengthy and took almost two months.
In all the rounds, questions related to leadership principles will be asked.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Austin, TX) in May 2022
Interview
1 Online Assessment
4 - virtual onsite rounds
1 - Low level Design+ 1 API Design
2 - Coding question rounds
1 - Debugging the code and reviewing the code
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Design an API for amazon locker system - and scale later
2. Design tinyUrl
3. Review a user given code and point out issues(multi threading related question for unbounded range storage, range is based on expiry date)
4. List of words, map all words(subStrings) that can make up any word(string) within the list.
5. roulette random weighted distribution, [1,2,4,8] = total = 15, weights = 8/15, 4/15, 2/15, 1/15. write a random number generation based on the weights.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2022
Interview
Alexa team
recruiter contacted via LinkedIn.
After the initial phone call. was given an online assessment.
1. online assessment on coding and behavior
2. 3 coding on data structure and OOD and 1 system design for scalability and availability.
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