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 staffing agency. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2021
Interview
HR Round(1 Round) This is when they ask computer science theory and behavioural questions to the candidate. The questions may enquire about the candidate’s experience at previous companies and conflicts the candidate might have faced with colleagues/managers.
Data Structures and Algorithms Rounds(3 Rounds) The candidate is asked DS/Algo problems where production ready code might be expected from the candidate. It is not out of the realm of possibility to face minor behavioural questions here as well. The problems range from easy to hard but they are not the sole deciding factor for the final offer. Leadership principles also come into play here. The interviews are conducted on Amazon Chime.
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Maximum size rectangle binary sub-matrix with all 1s | Set 2
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2022
Interview
Lengthy, but straightforward. I was able to get through all the rounds except the final one. They asked behavioral questions about a failure, an accomplishment, when you exceeded expectations. They took a long time to get back to me,
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2022
Interview
There was an OA and then there were 2 rounds scheduled in a day. Both of them were DS related rounds and requires medium-high level of understanding in the concepts.