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.
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One interviewer end my interview 20 mins earlier than expected and he failed me. But other interviewer think I did pretty good. So they downgrade my level. I could not get how the interviewer got the conclusion that I'm not good enough for the role within only 40 mins? If they can decide in 40 mins, then why the interview process designed as 60 mins? It's unfair and ridiculous!
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2021
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Difficult questions and interviewers connection was not stable. Also had a difficult time understanding their accents sometimes. Asked to wait 12 months before re-applying. Would not recommend anyone apply here.
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Question 1
Cousins of a binary tree
Design lockers
Greedy algorithm recursion
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
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45 minutes total
First 15 min behavioral, asked 2 questions based on amazon's leadership principles
Last 30 techincal, a coding question with 1 easy question and one more in depth question
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Question 1
What was a tight deadline you had, and what sacrifices did you make?