Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
The interview included a 1-hour phone screen with a software manager. He asked behavioral questions based on Amazon's leadership principles. There was also a pair coding exercise where I was given a coding problem and told to create a solution for the given scenario.
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Describe a time you had to step out of your comfort zone to learn something new?
I received the interview as a college hire new grad position as a software development engineer I. Three rounds in total, one SDM and 2 SDEs. A lot of behaviour questions. All interviewers are nice, the process is very smooth.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Feb 2022
Interview
a three hour interview, where three engineers will take turns to talk to you, they will ask some questions, then they will each give you two coding problems, always prepare some questions for them at the end of the interview