Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) I interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Madrid) in Mar 2024
Interview
Technical assessment containing problem solving questions,
1 H Technical and Behavioural interview,
4H Technical and Behavioural interviews
the topics discuesed are related to system design, code quality and problem solving
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Question 1
Describe a comblicated problem and the approach to solve it
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2025
Interview
2 Phases: first was the online assesment which tested coding and problem solving. Then it was the interview process which was 3 interviews (2 technical, 1 behavioral). The technical interviews had me coding a small scale system with basic inputs and functions that I wrote based on the requirements.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write code that handles a tasking system with custom prioritiy values