Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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A virtual behavioral and coding assessment followed by a phone call shortly afterwards with some simple coding questions and some time to discuss job expectations and questions. The assessment was pretty easy and the coding questions were reasonable leetcode-esque questions.
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Count the number of islands in an n x n grid of 0s and 1s.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Berkeley, CA) in Nov 2020
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There were a couple rounds of interviews that went over problems involving data structures and algorithms. Some involved linked lists, and others involved more complex data structures such as priority queues.
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What was a problem that you faced recently and how did you solve it?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Sep 2020
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Simple linkedlist tree coding questions were asked to solve within an hour. And it was reviewed . Logic was reviewed. First round was MCQ . And final round was also problem solving