Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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It was relatively smooth. The whole process lasted 3 months from when I first applied to the interview. My interviewer seemed to be in a rush and was not as kind about providing hints and such.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you get the most apples by cutting down trees
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Oct 2021
Interview
First Round Assessment : Two coding problems , coding
problems were of easy and medium difficulty level.
Second Round : Two Technical Interview , first round easy , medium,
second round : medium and hard problems were asked
Third Round : 3 Interviews (HR )
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Count Inversions of array
2. Reverse words of the linked list
3. Trapping Water problem
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Poona) in Sep 2021
Interview
Status: Tech Lead in start up
Position: SDE2 at Amazon
Location: Banglore
Recruiter approached via email on Aug 2021
There were total of 5 rounds, in addition to the Online Assessment, testing coding, system design, etc.
Leadership Principle questions are important
After I responded, there was a 1 week of time to submit OA.
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