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 went until virtual in-person interview round. It was 4 rounds, 2 Leetcode style of questions one in each, 1 system design, 1 know your thought process. Same as most people described on glassdoor
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2020
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3 online assessments + 3 hr video interview. Include debugging, workplace simulation, and coding. Video screen included questions about prior experience as well as more programming problems. Video screen included 3 separate problems, each with a different interviewer.
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Medium Difficulty questions, with emphasis on data structures and algorithms
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
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Typical onsite; leetcode coding pronlems w/ system design and behavioral questions on leadership principles. The questions themselves were probably LC easy/mediums, can get through them if you did your 8 hours of prep per day
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One situation that you handle adversary with client