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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What would you do if you found out your closest friend at work was stealing?
You are likely to be asked this question regardless of the position you're interviewing for, especially with cost reduction and shrinkage being top priorities for a company like Amazon. There is really only one way to answer this question that speaks to honesty, integrity, trust, and leadership:
While it would be a difficult situation to find myself in, integrity is essential to me. Plus, stealing is against policy and costs the company's bottom line, no matter how insignificant the theft might seem. I would go to my department manager and report the theft or use the company's recommended reporting policy fo
The interviewer was really in a hurry to ask about the details. But questions were quite straightforward. Also they helped me solve the problem as I made sure to involve them through out the discussion of the question.
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Question 1
Left view of a tree data structure. How would you approach this?
Asked about binay tree and binary search tree.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Boston, MA) in Feb 2022
Interview
3 rounds of virtual onsite interviews in one day. Each round start with BQ and then a coding question. One interviewer came late about 10 minutes and dig deep with the resume without BQ, then he said he doesnot know what my solution means(a simply topological sorting)
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Question 1
1. DP question of count way out of the maze
2. OOD of the amazon locker
3. Dependency question