Amazon Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2020
Interview
Phone screen, then hiring manager interview with a simple code question. Then they set me up for a day of interviews. 4 interviews. One with the hiring manager, one with a "bar raiser" outside the team who drilled into a reasonably difficult coding question, then an interview with two people on the team I would work on who gave me an easier coding question and then asked behavioral questions. Took something like 5 hours total.
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Feb 2022
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There were 3 45 minute interviews split up by 15 minute breaks. Each interview was split into half behavioral and half technical. Behavioral questions were focused on Amazon's leadership principles.
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whats a time you had to learn something knew and how did you do it
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2022
Interview
I completed the OA1 and passed it so I received the OA2 right after. I am getting ready to complete OA2 soon. OA2 is just Work Simulation and Work Styles assessment.