Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview questions
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Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon Web Services with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon Web Services overall takes an average of 75 days.
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I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Seattle, WA)
Interview
There was a Technical screening, There was a Work Simulation, There was a Whiteboard interview. This was during COVID so everything was done remotely. Im not sure if they are doing in person interviews now
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Gave me a algorithms question and asked to solve it
First a phone screen, then a code challenge online, then an onsite of four rounds. The onsite had system design and leetcode type problems. The system design dealt with database design.
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Arrange asterisks in the shape of a Christmas tree of arbitrary height.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Norfolk, VA)
Interview
Initially, there was an online assessment with 2 med to hard coding questions with 1 and a half hour time to complete, then there was a phone interview for 45 minutes, and the last round was a full-day interview
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Question 1
Asked basic behavior questions and then asked scenario-based questions