Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 42 days.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2023
Interview
First, I was contacted by a recruiter to discuss my interest in the company, and why I'm interested in working at Amazon. Then I was directed to an online coding assessment. After that, I was invited to a phone screen where I was asked technical and behavioural questions. I didn't make it past this stage.
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What are some situations in which you displayed your leadership skills?
For the new grad role, I had to first complete an online assessment. After passing the assessment, my final round consisted of 3 interviews which I completed in one day.
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The questions were similar to what you'd expect from leetcode easy/medium
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2023
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Online Assessment: 2 questions Phone Interview: HR checks resume Onsite: 4 rounds through Chime. Each round has 1 hour with 1 main interviewer, and might have 1 or more shadower.
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For onsite, each round was mostly OOD, within each question, there might be utilizing algorithm and data structure, such as dfs, heap, and etc