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.
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It was nice and welcoming environment. The interviewer will help throughout the process. Prepare average-hard DSA questions sincerely. For System design, they ask basic things and low level design. For HR interview , Amazon leadership principles is must.
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DSA 2 rounds- 1 average and 1 hard round System Design- Low level system design HR- Amazon leadership principles and basic self understanding
was okay, probably depends on who you're getting interviewed by and they have a lot of room to ask questions they want to ask you, so going to depend a lot on who you get. some are going to be more difficult than others
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
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Standard 2 coding and 1 SD and 1 BQ round. Not too difficult. Not too easy. One thing you will do is just practice practice on leetcode top 300. It varies teams by teams but the difficulty are the same