Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) Intern interview questions
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Three separate online assessments (2 technical & 1 behavioral) and a virtual interview. The virtual interview is technical and you are asks to solve a coding problem while also being asked any number of technical questions.
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What is the Big O notation for the following program?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2022
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They asked me two behavioral questions first which weren't too bad. Then they asked me one leetcode medium question which also was ok. I was doing alright up until the end so I didn't get an offer.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Sep 2021
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45 minutes total, 2 technical coding whiteboard questions kind of leetcode inspired although slightly modified, 1 behavioural question in which they asked about leadership principles and i used a prepared grid
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Question 1
Describe a time you went above and beyond in customer facing interactions.