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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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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Its a 30 mins interview with code review from written hacker rank assessment. Basics about amazon leadership principles. one to three questions based on code witten by us during assessment. Leet code questions. Asked to write second approach for given code.
Amazon’s recruitment process consists of six main parts: resume screening, phone screening, hiring manager interview, writing test, loop interviews, and hiring committee reviews. The most difficult and decisive parts of the interview process are phone screenings (1-2 rounds), and on-site interviews (4-5 rounds). These interviews last 45 minutes on average, with overall conversion at around 20%. From start to finish, the interview process took a couple months to complete.
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Question 1
Maximum sum subarray such that no elements are consecutive