Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Apr 2022
Interview
HR Screening
Coding Interview
Tow onsite rounds with team members
Final round with the manager
I was referred to go from a SDE II to SDE I and then asked to interview for SRE.
Since I felt I was getting downgraded, I refused to attend interview for SRE.
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They asked in-depth questions about my previous project experience and coding problems
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Dallas, TX) in Feb 2024
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the first round was Online Assessment. the second round was phone screen interview. phone screen was difficult then what i prepared. it was for Software Development Engineer position, Dallas location
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2022
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Took a coding competency test, basically just leetcode questions. Pretty straightforward stuff. One question I hadn't seen on Leetcode, but just do your best. Don't always have to solve them to receive a good score.
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Describe a time you were presented with a conflict and how you resolved it.