Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
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I didn't pass the phone interview. There were two questions: A coding question and a design question. The design question about scalability. The coding question was about binary tree and was pretty easy but the design question was tough.
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I didn't expect the scalability question was that hard.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
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greate experience, 7 rounds(including PM and HR), nice people, 10-3:45, several alg questions and OO design, My brain didn't work after 6 round, I didn't answer the questions well in last round.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2012
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2 phone interviews - first one went well, but second one I was nervous and couldn't think of using queue. Short conversation about my background, technical questions, and then questions to company at the end.