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 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
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- 3 1 hour interviews with two technical and 1 behavioral
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Pizza Object Oriented Design with Bases, Sizes, Toppings
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Aug 2024
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There were a total of 4 rounds: out of which the first 2 were technical rounds revolving around basic concepts of data structures and algorithm followed by 1 round which was for culture fit and finally a HR round to conclude it all.
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How is the std::priority_queue implemented under the hood?
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Amazon (New Delhi) in Aug 2024
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Very good , interview of 1 hour only , covered only dsa questions
2 ques related to binary search and priority queue.
Importance on time complexity discussion.
At last u can ask questions from the interviewer.
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Ques1 : related to binary search
ques2 : related to priority queue