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 58.1% 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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3 rounds of automated, then 1 with a real person. There is a debugging portion and a leetcode-style automated technical interview. The in person is an easy technical question. Parts 1 and 2 are standard, part 3 is a work simulation.
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What would you do if you have a customer-facing project that is falling behind?
I applied through other source. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Apr 2021
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It took approximately 2 months but its smooth. The only issue is that sometimes i felt it might over but seddenly i got call for next round. so i would suggest just keep on preparing till you wont get rejection mail
The interview lacks human interaction, and requires the interviewee to do their research and homework about the company and its expected answers. There are also multiple rounds for testing coding skills.