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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an online assessment followed by 5 rounds of onsite interviews with different people. some interviews involved 2 people where 1 person is conducting an interview and the other person was shadowing
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Typical algorithmic- and data structure-related questions
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Dec 2023
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The Amazon SDE interview involves resume screening, phone interviews and an all-day onsite loop with coding challenges, leadership principle discussions and potentially system design. To succeed, practice coding, brush up on fundamentals and be ready to discuss your problem-solving approach and how you align with Amazon's work culture.
Recruiter called me. Told me that there might not be a job available in my preferred location, but that they could tell me if I made the interview cut. To make the interview cut, I would need to devote nearly 8 hours (1 hour practice online exam, 2.5 hours online exam, up to a 1 hour follow up, followed by a 4 hour in person interview). I didn't have the time to devote an entire work day on a job that might not even exist and it didn't seem fair to ask me to do so.