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 58.6% 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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OA1 - Debugging round - Failed one debug program
OA2 - Online Coding Assessment - Passed all test cases in both. Standard DFS and two sum problems
OA3 - Work simulation - Answered my best based on Leadership Principles
Got rejected after this. Try not to fail even a single test case.
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1) Two Sum problem
2) Tree DFS to find average employee rating based on chain of command.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Santa Clara, CA) in Feb 2021
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3- part coding challenge (around 90 mins total) and 30-min interview. The coding challenge was first debug some code, second write functions that performed certain actions and third a simulation with emails and daily tasks that you have to prioritize.
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How would you improve your response to the coding challenge?
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Dec 2020
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Applied in August, received 3 rounds of online assessments in October. In order, they were debugging test, coding test (leetcode easy - medium), and a behavioral settings test. Success in these three leads to a final interview with a software engineering manager.
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Leadership Principle questions. Interviewers tend to pick their favourite LP and ask a behavioural question around it. Also they ask leetcode (medium - hard) depending on the interviewer.