Amazon Software Engineer II SDE2 interview questions
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I applied through other source. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2021
Interview
Got my profile shortlisted through linkedin.
Round 1: Online Coding through HackerRank:
2 questions were asked related to string frequency , leetcode medium. both need to be solved in 90 mins time.
Round 2 : LLD Round
Interview was taken by a senior SDE3 , i was asked to design a basic LLD flow. Amazon leadership principle related multiple questions were asked.
Round 3: DS/Algo Coding Round
Was only one question related to strings.(Leetcode easy) Expectation is to write complete code covering all the edge cases. Questions related to amazon leadership principles were asked.
Round 4: Hiring Manager Round HLD
Was asked to design any my of previous project. Multiple questions related to scalability were asked.
Round 5: Bar Raiser Round
Multiple leadership principle related questions were asked.
2 DS/Algo questions related to tree and trie were asked. Again expectation is to cover all the edge cases and write complete production ready code.
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Question 1
Coding questions related to string, tree and trie.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2021
Interview
Many little interviews here and there, with HM I knew from a job before. Recruiter was nice, HM was nice. OA was a bit much, with a hard right off the bat.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Was contacted by a recruiter and a Coding round was scheduled the very same day.
Initially was asked for OA but got changed coding round with an interviewer.
Question was based on linked list
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Question 1
Sort a linked list of size N with elements in the range 1 to K