Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2012
Interview
University recruiting. Received email from HR recruiter not long after applying. Had two technical phone interviews, 45 min each. When writing code, was expected to talk them through the pseudocode first before writing; then they break down the code and tell you (and ask you) how to improve it
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I only remember three of the technical questions I was asked, in addition to the usual general questions about my experience, skills, and work:
1. write code to replace spaces in a string with a * character (don't just use .replace functions though, hehe)
2. given an array with values that increase, reach some max, then decrease, find the max in less than O(n) + test cases
3. given a linked list that represents two numbers (e.g., 1234 represented by 1->2->3->4 and 5678 rep by 5->6->7->8), add the numbers. singly-linked list
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2012
Interview
Got a call through campus placements. consisted of initial 1:1 interview followed by three 1:1 interviews the next day if selected. First round consisted of a single question where direct code was expected on paper. You need to explain your solution as you build your code. The interview lasted for 45 mins approx after which I asked a few questions about the profile.
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The problem statement was basically a string manipulation problem where in an integer was to be converted to its roman equivalent.