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.
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Majorly DS based + current company work + networks ( did not get offer mainly because did not study networks ). + Resume
Major focus was to.check.knowledge of subjects and DS
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2 questions were queue based
1 was stack based
1 was binary tree based.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon in Jul 2021
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Three rounds coding interview.
First round was asked 3 coding questions, was easy to solve if you are a tad bit creative.
Second round was a cp question which has to solved, carefully considering all edge test cases.
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two coding questions of difficulty level leetcode medium
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2021
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The process was relatively painless. Most of the assessments were automated and there was very little interaction with anyone at the company until the final interview. I just wish I could have understood more about the people working there prior to the last time I would talk with someone.
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Describe how you have solved a problem in your coursework.