Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Sydney) in Apr 2020
Interview
1st round: Phone screen consisting of 30min leadership principles questions, and 30 minutes leetcode style questions. 2nd round: 3 interviews of the same format, and one interview with manager talking about a project I've worked on. This would be replaced with system design interview if this was for a higher level role. My interview was for SDEI (L4).
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Tell me about a time you had to perform duties that were outside your normal role expectations? And lots more similar leadership principle style questions
4 Technical rounds DFS in two rounds, one system design, and one class design. Leadership principles stories should be unique and well spread out. Edge cases in tech interviews are important
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2022
Interview
The interview process was fairly straightforward. First, I was sent an online assessment containing two leetcode medium style problems. Next was a second online assesment containing a workday simulation that was to be completed using knowledge of amazon leadership principles. Finally I had an onsite interview which was 2 rounds of programming problems!