Interviewed for Amazon SDE role through online assessment and technical rounds coveringInterviewed for Amazon Software Development Engineer role through an online assessment and multiple technical interview rounds focused on data structures, algorithms, problem-solving, debugging, system design fundamentals, object-oriented design, and behavioral questions aligned with Amazon leadership principles and real-world engineering scenarios.
data structures, algorithms, problem-solving, system design fundamentals, and behavioral questions aligned with leadership principles.
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One memorable thing they focused on was explaining my thought process clearly while solving coding problems — not just getting the correct answer, but discussing trade-offs, edge cases, optimization, and scalability considerations.
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
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Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.