Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE I) interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2025
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1 question about heaps, 1 generic design a parking structure. The next round was an API design. The behavioral round was quite straightforward, one question that caught me out of the blue was "Name a tool that you learnt on the job".
OA 2 DSA QUESTIONS AND LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE SIMULATION. one was string lexographically and other was sort based rule based but tricky to attempt . It took 3-4 hours to complete.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Ciudad de Mexico) in Mar 2025
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El proceso siempre es claro con ellos, la entrevista es algo desafiante pero los evaluadores son amables, tocamos temas como busqueda binaria, optimización de memoria y manejo de hilos. Despues de hacer una sesión de hard coding, te piden explicar tu lógica y en caso de ser posible, optimizar.
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Question 1
Era un problema sobre encontrar un valor dentro de varios arrays.