Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) I interview questions
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon (San Diego, CA) in Nov 2021
Interview
1. Coding round : 2 lc easy questions. Included array and string operations.
2. Behavioral : 3 hour test, quite lengthy and confusing. But take it seriously. Be prepared for the lengthy process.
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Question 1
Mostly easy leetcode questions which included string and array operations.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Medium to hard difficulty level questions
Three rounds of coding
One behavioural/leadership principle round
Overall good experience
Asked examples of each amazon leadership principle -customer obsession, ownership, deep dive, invent and simplify etc
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Question 1
Vertical order traversal of tree
Memory read/write
Combination sum
min no of swaps to put all zeroes together
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (München, Bayern) in Mar 2022
Interview
1) Online Coding Test auf Hackerrank
2) "Phone" interview (online) mit behavioural und live coding example
3) four oneßhour interviews with team members (behavioural + live coding) : I discontinued the process during the second interview since the interviewer made it clear that I do not want to work with him or Amazon.
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Amazon leadership principles + live coding und code design questions