Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE I) interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2019
Interview
Received 3 rounds of OA
Received an email that I will have final virtual interview soon. Never reached me back over 5 months, then rejected. During the wait time, I emailed tens of times but they just replied with automated email.
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Question 1
1. Fix the codes (3questions) and IQ test style round
2. Leetcode medium level questions: sorting the array
3. Behavioural questions lasting for 2 hours
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
4 rounds. 2 algorithms and 2 OOD questions, Algorithm is about medium level. OOD are Unix find and a word interpreter. Finally the hiring manager didn't feel me good, He interrupted me frequently and it is not very easy to talk with.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2021
Interview
OA has 3 parts:
part 1: debugging questions. There are 7 questions in 12 minutes. Some questions are tricky, some are straightforward.
part2: coding questions. There are 2 question in 70 minutes. One is about max average subtree. One is about greedy algo.
paet3: work simulation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was out in the OA so I did not get the interview.