Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2022
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1. Online assessment (coding. Leetcode easy to medium) 2. Work Simulation (Communication with clients, work priorities, ethics), basically checking your thinking process if it aligns with their leadership principles 3. 1 hour * 2 Design + Coding interview: coding required in one of them
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1. OA: One question on greedy approach, another one on array manipulation 2. Leadership principles 3. 1 easy to medium coding question, 1 medium design question.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2022
Interview
First round was an OA with 2 easy/medium Leetcode questions. Second round was a behavioral game thing. Third round was behavioral and then a live Leetcode question. The third round was the only one where you actually interacted with an interviewer.
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Q: I remember one of the questions was like 2-sum but with strings.
I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Santa Monica, CA) in Jan 2022
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- Online Assessment 1, 2 coding problems - Online Assessment 2, work environment simulation - Interview, asked to explain the code in Online Assessment 1, duration is about 15 minutes