Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE I interview questions
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Oct 2024
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Coding Test: 2 questions based on strings. Medium Level questions.
After 2 weeks, got an interview date.
Type of Interview: 2 Technical Interviews and 1 Behavioral Question. The Interviews were lined up back to back, within 3 hours.
I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2024
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Applied, got an OA. Did the OA a day later. Silence for about 5 days. Asked to update my ID photo. Received final invitation 4 days after that. Completed the final, 3x1hr rounds, had to reschedule the last round, and then did my last round the following week. Overall, had great experience with all of my interviewers and my recruiter was communicative when issues arose. I received my offer 4 business days after I completed my final round.
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Q: Tell me about a time when you and a co-worker or manager had conflicting ideas.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Jul 2024
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In a take-home exam, there were two questions related to strings. One question asked: given a string in which all characters appear an even number of times, find the lexicographically smallest anagram that forms a palindrome.
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given a string in which all characters appear an even number of times, find the lexicographically smallest anagram that forms a palindrome.