Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE interview questions
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Software Development Engineer SDE 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 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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First round was DSA + Resume. DSA question was based on Trees. Second round was DSA round and was based on arrays and Trees. Third round was a Bar-Raiser round.
Very straightforward questions, nothing too difficult. Half the interview was behavioral questions, while half was coding questions. They are looking for answers that involve their leadership principles, so make sure to review them.
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Q: Find the smallest subarray in which there are no repeated numbers.
Attempted an online assessment which had 5 parts, including debugging, coding, behavioural, and aptitude.
It was a good experience. The coding questions were very easy. One is based on priority queue, and other is on normal queue. The debugging round is also pretty is one.
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