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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Started with a coding test. Two intermediate level questions that weren’t too tough. If you pass that you have an online behavioral test which followed their leadership principles closely. Third interview was the only in person interview and it was just walking through my code.
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Question 1
What was your thought process when writing this code?
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A HR phone screening first with HR. Then an OA with 2 coding problems was emailed, and the link was valid for a week. The first coding problem is medium level
It was quick and easy, a 2 part OA followed by a 30 minute round. LC questions were easy/medium, very doable and probably one of the easier interviews I had for the new grad season
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Question 1
Explain your code from the online assessment (for both problems).