Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2011
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It's horrible. Amazon recruiter is really really horrible. They messed up with my interview time, they were late for my offer, for my H1B visa. Worst recruiter ever.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (New Delhi) in Jul 2012
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Question 1
1) They asked me to make two programs both were easy one, but they want us to make it complete in every sense.i.e. under all input conditions.I was able to complete that successfully.
2)So next they scheduled the next round of telephonic interview and told me the date and time of the interview,but they didn't give any call.
I applied through college or university. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2012
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Submitted resume via university jobs board in July. In mid August, got an email from a recruiter inviting me to a group interview 10 days later. Amazon provided all travel and expenses, including 2 nights in a hotel, $85/day in transportation and $65/day in food. Interview began at 8:15 am, with 24 candidates. Vast majority of candidates presented non-American passports as identification, and only 2 were female. Breakfast was provided, two current SDEs talked to the group and took questions, then we were divided into groups of 3 and presented with a supply chain problem to solve on laptops with clean Ubuntu installs. No guidance or preference for programming languages or problem solving techniques were expressed; instead, they expect your group to come to a consensus, install the necessary tools, and rock it out. It was stressed repeatedly the exercise was NOT competitive, but instead team oriented. A group was put in each corner of the room, and a table of SDEs and HR reps sat in the middle of the room and "observed" 6 hours of work. After several hours, each candidate got a 15-20 minute 1-on-1 with an SDE to discuss the code they'd written (and not much else). The entire process is geared to maximize success for 21-25 year old males and eliminate anyone female and/or older, and inherently makes forming a quick team difficult. It's also obvious Amazon expects that new employees are looking for stepping stones rather than a long-term career as they make no effort to get to know any of the candidates, or identify specific teams on which they may fit. Got a call 2 days after getting home letting me know they wouldn't be making an offer, which was wonderful news as I was completely clear that based on the interview process, Amazon would not be a good fit for me and would have declined an offer anyway.
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How would you distribute inventory to minimize the number of missed delivery dates while keeping costs to Amazon low?