Amazon Software Development Engineer(SDE) Intern interview questions
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Software Development Engineer(SDE) Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 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 58.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer(SDE) Intern roles take an average of 150 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 29 days.
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The process started with a resume screening. I applied in September and heard back in January where I received online assessments. The first challenge was a debugging coding challenge, the second a data structures and algorithms assessment, and the third one was a workstyle assessment. After completing the OAs you may or may not receive an invitation for a final round interview with an engineer.
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Debugging challenge was 7 questions and 20 minute time limit.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2021
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3 Online Assessments, First was 7-debugging questions in 20 minutes, the second was 2 Leetcode-style questions in about 50 minutes (plus/minus) and the third was a 2-hour long simulation where you reacted to problems, emails, and code reviews as if you were an actual software developer at Amazon.
After all that, I met with an Amazon employee virtually and I was asked some technical questions and some questions relating to their Leadership Principles.
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They asked me about how I had once showed *insert Amazon Leadership Principle*.
Technical Question was a Leetcode Medium related to BSTs.
3 part online assessment, each part's results determines whether or not you are qualified to the next part, successful candidates are selected for this internship. includes debugging, coding and and real work simulation.
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7 code debugging questions (20 minutes)
2 problem solving (coding) questions (70 minutes)
real work simulation