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 57.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer 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.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer SDE I according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Personality test: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
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An OA followed by superday. 4 interviewers on superday. Each of them ask some Amazon LP questions and then technical questions. They expect you to write production level code in text editor rather than an IDE, and no pseudo code allowed.
It was a good and prompt interview process. I’d suggest you practice the basics of data structures and algorithms. Also blind 75 is a must to crack the interview . . . .
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Barcelona) in Aug 2021
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5 back to back interviews with medium difficulty problem solving and a lot of leadership questions. They tell you which leadership principles they're gonna ask about in advance of each interview
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