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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- First you either apply via company website or recruiter reaches out to you - Do an online coding assessment - If inclined, then you get virtual screening/phone interview - If inclined, then you get virtual on-site interviews (4-5) - If inclined, then you negotiate offer
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Describe a time when you had to deal with incomplete information.
first round is Online Assessment which have 2 rounds first coding round which have 2 mid-high level coding questions and the second round is work-style assessment that have some behavioural questions on the basis of AMAZON's LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES .
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Istanbul) in Apr 2019
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I was contacted by a hr first. After completing the phone interview, I invited to an onsite interview. The Interview had 4 phases; 3 algorithm questions, 1 system design interview. N
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Each interview had a leadership principle question