Amazon Web Services Software Development Engineer I interview questions
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Software Development Engineer I applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon Web Services 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 68.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer I roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon Web Services overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon Web Services as a Software Development Engineer I according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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OA with a workstyle assessment and leetcode, virtual onsite with 3 rounds (1 about just leadership principles, 2 technical rounds). Technical rounds had low level design and leetcode similar questions also.
It starts with an online assessment, followed by phone screenings. Successful candidates proceed to on-site interviews, tackling coding challenges, system design questions, and behavioral interviews. Expect to showcase problem-solving skills, discuss past projects, and demonstrate knowledge of data structures and algorithms. The process evaluates technical expertise, cultural fit, and alignment with Amazon's leadership principles.
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Technical questions:
"Describe how you would design a scalable system for Amazon's product recommendation engine."
"How would you implement a least recently used (LRU) cache?"
"Given an array of integers, find the maximum sum subarray."
Behavioral questions:
"Tell me about a time when you had to make a difficult decision with limited information."
"Describe a situation where you disagreed with a team member. How did you handle it?"
"Give an example of how you've applied Amazon's leadership principle of 'Customer Obsession' in your work."
Started with online assessment, then there were three rounds of interviews. First one was leetcode style problems, second one was object oriented design, and third was purely behavioral. The leetcode questions were easy and medium. And behavioral questions were pertaining to the leadership principles of Amazon.