Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE I) interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Fremont, CA) in May 2022
Interview
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
online round
asked two questions medium level on array
binary search for first & last occurrences on repeating number from a given array,
second question was based on recursion need to find all possible combination on given string
Interview questions [1]
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binary search for first & last occurrences on repeating number from a given array,
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
First was an online assessment that involved 2 coding questions, explanations for your solutions, and workstyle MCQs.
After, there was a phone interview with a senior engineer from Amazon that involved a coding question and behavioral questions related to Amazons LPs.
The final round was a virtual onsite with multiple members of the team, which also involved behavioral questions from Amazons 14 LPs and coding questions.