Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) I interview questions
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) I 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 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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The interview is of 2 technical rounds. The first round is about questions focussed on Data Structures and Algorithms to evaluate the Problem solving skills. The interviewer may ask to analyze the time and space complexity of the solutions.. The second round is a System Design round.
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Question 1
1. Serialize and Deserialize Binary tree. 2. Design a system to Calculate the price of a pizza.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Jan 2022
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