Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (New Delhi) in Sep 2022
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it was good, basically the interviewer was friendly . He made sure I was comfortable and also offered me water , when he saw I was getting nervous. Interviewer will help you to reach the solution and to optimize it.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Newark, NJ) in Dec 2021
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Initially recruiter called to talk about the interview process, followed by Technical interview on DSA concepts using whiteboard coding. Behavioural questions were asked.Recruiter was very supportive and interview result was very quickly communicated.
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Tell me a time when you had to convince others that your plan would work
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2020
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Contacted recruiter on campus while in grad school. Got an OA test and then another online behavioral test and I guess I did well so I even skipped the normal onsite round. Just a verification round and I got the offer
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The OE contained several easy to normal leetcode level questions. I can't remember exactly but not hard if you just calm down and dive into it. The behavioral part took a large piece of the entire test though.