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 3.2 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 (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.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer (SDE I) according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
Presentation: 20%
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Amazons interview process is pretty standard
you first apply on their job portal.
They send you OA
Debugging round
2 LC questions
work style simulation
Phone Interview
Depending on performance they decide whether to give 1 or 3 final round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General leet code questions and leadership principles
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Dallas, TX) in Jan 2021
Interview
4 rounds - Debugging, two coding questions, Work Style Behavioral round about company scenarios, emails and difficulties and how we can tackle it. and final video interview where they ask to explain OA2 .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OA2 - Maximizing units in a truck and Highest profit questions
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Was contacted by a HR rep through an internal referral. Was given the link for an online assessment, followed by several interviews with other engineers (all remote). The HR employee was very nice, and timelines were always respected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode style medium difficulty questions and amazon principles.