Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE I) interview questions
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in May 2020
Interview
First was online round with programming questions and aptitude
Then technical round which will last for about 40 min or above and you will be asked about the fundamentals of computers which includes database, system design, data structure and networking plus operating system
Then the behavioural interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Fundamentals of cs
Basic ds
Complexity based question
Started with 3 OA rounds(Debugging, simulation and coding) then invited for a final interview which was 3 rounds, 45 min each round and they were all medium level leetcode questions
I got a call from an Amazon recruiter as I was referred by one of my friends for the role. She sent me the coding test link which I had to complete within a week. Once I completed the test, I got a call to schedule the interviews in two weeks. 3 interviews were held on Amazon Chime as per schedule. Post that after 4-5 days, the hr informed me that they would like to proceed with the final bar raiser round, which happened in a couple of days. Following are the questions that were asked:
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Question 1
We are given the costs of a list of pants, shirts, shoes, skirts. We have a certain amount of cash with us, we need to determine the total number of possible combinations which we can buy given that we must buy one and only one of each type.