Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Tell me about a time you made a mistake, and what did you learn from it?
Practical interviews that is business oriented without tricks. Tests algorithms, data structures, system design and leadership principles. I had a phone screen and then a complete loop with multiple engineers.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon (Dhanbād) in Sep 2020
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One technical round in which they ask me two question related to coding one is huffman algorithm and other one is related to serialisation and de serialisation of tree. After that he ask me any question you want to ask.