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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Amazon's interview process typically includes an online application, initial assessment, phone screen, technical interviews, and a final round. Emphasis is on leadership principles, problem-solving, and behavioral questions, assessing both technical skills and cultural fit.
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dsa, behavioural, past experiences, but does give feedback
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2023
Interview
First they introduce themselves and then ask me to introduce myself
And then asked one of my project followed by 2 DSA questions
1. Check two BST’s are anagrams of each other.
2. Delete a node from linked list in which the head pointer is not given and the node to be deleted in not pointing to null.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Berlino) in Jan 2021
Interview
Only did the online coding interview.
Two problem-solving questions from easy to medium level. Practice a lot in leet code and similar websites. I was asked to design an IP rate limiter in a stream of requests and find a repeated character in a string.
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Question 1
design an IP rate limiter in a stream of requests and find a repeated character in a string.