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.
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First round is an OA test with codes, personality part. The OA contains two problems which are easy to solve. I just finished the first round and wait for further contacts.
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Two codes test. Second is to find the appearance times for a substring in a larger string.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Arlington, VA) in Aug 2022
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The interview process was long and took over two months. There were multiple rounds of interviews and many coding questions. All Interviewers asked similar questions. Helped when stuck on coding problems.
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What was a difficulty you have faced and how have you overcome it?
they gave me a simulated game where you are put in situations and you have to say how you would act in these situations if you were as. if in a real job