Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Technical apti(20) and 2 coding questions. 4 technical rounds and one personal interview at on campus. Looking for really cool coders. High expectation on accurate answers. looking for deep understanding of algorithms and data structures. interviewers are really helpful if you are stuck at some where.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2012
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Pretty standard. Please read 'cracking the coding interview' as a great book for information how to prep for interviews at any top tech company. Prepare also from Steve Yegge's blog post - how to get that job at google. It's pretty universal. Don't get scared though, you don't need to know all this.
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Questions about examples of behaviours from previous jobs / university projects. Tell me about at time when you had to be pragmatic / exceeded expectations / what was hard / what was complicated. Pretty standard, but it's hard to come up with examples on the spot.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2014
Interview
I had a phone interview and online screening. Then I was selected for onsite interview. The onsite interview had 5 rounds. Two were design questions. Two were coding questions. One interview was with Hiring Manager. One of the design question was to determine the top ten clicks of the products in the Amazon.com website. I was asked which data structure I will be using for the problem and also how we will store it in the database.