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.
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Applied to Amazon Japan. Applied on Jun. 2020
I received email with a link to the online test link after submitting resume. I canceled my entry so I didn't finish it
3 online assessments. Straightforward coding questions and some on Amazon’s leadership . Then the interviews were also fairly straightforward forward, some coding questions leetcode medium ish. The interviewers were all nice and helpful if you became stuck on something when trying to solve a problem.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
3 OA rounds including de bug, coding and simulation.
After around a month Then I received 3 45 minute rounds.
I received the rejection mail within a week.
The whole process took around 2 months.