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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Applied in Nov, got email for phone screening in Apr. Phone screening was a LC-style question (no behavioural). Virtual onsite interview consisted of 2 back-to-back interviews, a 30min break, and 1 last interview. Interviews were a mix of behavioural + technical. Currently moving onto team matching stage.
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Tell me about a time when you went above and beyond the role you were in.
lots of leadership principle with little to no technical questions. L7 gave the attitude of IDGAF if you don't want the job, a thousand more people do. An hour long interview consists of 40+ min of BQ
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Tel Aviv-Yafo)
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got an email with a link to HackerRank platform. they said to free 3.5-4 hours of my time. 2 medium-hard leetcode questions in 70 minutes. every question is like a long not ending story which makes it harder.