Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE interview questions
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Interview was 3 rounds, 1 round had 3 LC Mediums, 2nd round had LLD and 2 LPs with 1 follow up respectively, 3rd round was purely LP and had multiple follow ups.
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There are n houses built in a line, each of which contains some money in it. A robber wants to steal money from these houses, but he can’t steal from two adjacent houses. The task is to find the maximum amount of money which can be stolen.
Online Assessment (OA)
OA1: 2–3 DSA problems (LeetCode medium to hard level)
OA2: Work simulation (assesses Amazon’s Leadership Principles)
OA3 (sometimes): Debugging or coding snippets under time constraints
Onsite Interview
one hour:
First Round: Data Structures and Algorithms
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I was asked several questions related to Data Structures and Algorithms,
The interview consisted of three back-to-back coding rounds. Each round began with two brief behavioral questions, focusing on topics such as teamwork, challenges, or past project experience. One of the rounds involved implementing a basic HashMap from scratch, which tested my understanding of data structures and object-oriented design.
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One of the rounds involved implementing a basic HashMap from scratch