Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE Intern interview questions
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Software Development Engineer SDE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 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 SDE Intern roles take an average of 150 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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A written test and a follow up Interview. In Interview, only two questions were asked on Data Structures. The Interviewer asked me to code on online code editor. The written test seems straight forward and simple.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2021
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oa passed Oa2 passed failed interview Asked a lot operating systems problem Didn’t prepare for that so I failed Many got in no need to worry Work harder don’t give up
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2021
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There was one coding assessment, one behaviroal assessment and one interview. They mostly asked data structures and algorithms and for behaviroal they took you through their portal. You don't have to get everything correct for the questions for the first assessment because it is sort of a time crunch.
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string searching algorithm (knuth morris pratt but they accepted O(n^2) brute force)