Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon 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 58.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development 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 overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
1. Online coding challenge and work simulation
2. 3 45 min virtual interviews
3. Decision
1 virtual interview if you do well on coding and work sim instead of 3.
Very high pace, don’t leave you hanging for long.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you needed to deliver something under considerable time pressure
I was reached by the Recruiter via LinkedIn where I was asked whether I'd be interested in a role as SDE, which I accepted and throw email, a phone screening interview was set. I chose a day for my availability and prepared for it and when I went through successfully, an on-site coding interview was done just 5 days later and I made it again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you helped a customer through a difficult process.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Kansas City, MO) in Oct 2021
Interview
Multiple OA's. The first OA was a coding interview. Study hash tables! The second OA was behavioral through their own simulation — read their leadership principles! The annoying thing is, if rejected, they will not tell you which OA you failed.