Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Was given an OA, after applying on the website. The OA has 4 parts and included both coding and behavioral questions. You have to spend around 4-5 hours on it.
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Standard leetcode medium questions mainly, along with behavioral.
3 rounds, first two technical, final behavioural. Medium level questions. Done on Amazon Chime, and the code you write will not be ran. It's in a text editor with no frills.
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Tell me about time when you were faced with a tough deadline and how you managed it.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Sep 2023
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Default Amazon SDE process they describe in their jobs website. Initial phone screening, tech interview and "on-site" with multiple rounds. The whole process is detailed on their jobs page. The phone screening is just some experience related questions from previous experience.
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Q: How do I usually debug issues in production? What method/procedure would I follow...