Amazon Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) interview questions
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Software Development Engineer I (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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 27 days.
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Three-round interview with three technical questions. I thought I answered all the technical questions well. The behavioral questions I was a little unsure of but one of the interviewers was nice enough to reiterate what they were looking for, and seemed satisfied with the answers that I gave. I was not really sure what the deciding factor was but I wasn't hired
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2022
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I was contacted by amazon internal recruiter on Oct 2021. He gave me extra time for preparing my OA. After OA, I complete 1 phone interview and then Onsite(virtual). Total took about 2 months.
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Question 1
1. List of vehicles plates on the express road for n days. Find the all vehicle which drove all those days. O(N) time
2. Calculate the sum of 2 linked list number.
3. Lots of BA questions.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Feb 2022
Interview
Recruiter call, online coding session with ~2 hour window, then 4 45 min interviews. You need to have the STAR process memorized for each of their LPs. I got grilled pretty hard in the behavioral
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Question 1
LC hards and wanted optimized solutions for LC mediums