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 (Dublin, Dublin) in Apr 2022
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The interview process require a lot of preparation.
The code assessment itself already push your skill.
The interview is really hard. you have to explain as detail as possible using the STAR technique.
They really emphasise this. Will be a bit hard for non-native english speaker to convey your thought.
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Can you explain when you have to ask for deadline extension ?
I have not take the OA yet and get notice I took it already Then, I got rejected. I asked the recruiter, and she says there's no technical issues about my OA process, and i need to reply after 6 mouth.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Fremont, CA) in May 2022
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Two Leadership principles and one Technical coding question for four rounds. The last round was oop + leadership. The first three rounds were leadership + coding questions from Leetcode. Overall the difficulty level was medium.
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Amazon leadership principles and technical questions