Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2010
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It was an enriching interview experience. I was asked mostly questions on algorithms, design patterns, data structures and scaleable application development.
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Given an infinite stream of numbers, find the top 50 integers. What's the data structure to use, and what's the time complexity.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2010
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Posted resume online. Was contacted by a recruiter within around 3 days. Phone interview was setup in 2 days. The interviewer was very friendly and the questions asked were pretty basic. Got a call for 2nd telephonic interview.