Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Tel Aviv) in Oct 2024
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they sent online assessment for SDE1 that have 2 code questions in 70 minutes in any code language you want and then amazon principles questions,***the description in every question was too long ,takes time to read and understand
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the first was dynamic programming much easier ,the second was in strings in medium\hard leetcode questions and you have to pay attention to all cases .
***the description in every question was too long ,takes time to read and understand
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Ciudad de Mexico) in Mar 2025
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Pues son muchos pasos, donde pueden ser desde entrevistas técnicas de estructura de datos, hasta problemas complejos. También hacen varias “simulaciones” de que responderías en un día de trabajo, donde haya errores en código y tengas que checar, y ese tipo de preguntas. No dan feedback.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2025
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Doesn't went well. lots of behavioral and leetcode style coding questions and a system design question. Expects STAR method for behavioral and medium level qeustions on leetcode questions and the system design question might be depending on the org.
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Tell me about a time you had conflict with your manager