Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I recently interviewed for a software engineering role, and it was a great learning experience. The technical portion focused heavily on LeetCode medium-level questions, so I highly recommend reviewing all relevant tagged questions in preparation. The interviewers were well-prepared and asked thoughtful questions that required solid problem-solving skills.
In addition to the technical aspects, they placed a lot of emphasis on behavioral questions, specifically around leadership principles. Make sure to prepare 5-6 stories that align with these principles, structured in the STAR format (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Having clear, concise examples ready will definitely help.
Overall, it was a challenging but fair interview process.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2024
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3 rounds of interviews, 60 minutes. First was behavioral; Tell me about a situation that required you to dig deep into a problem; Give me an example of a time when you could not meet a commitment. Second were 2 questions of behavioral and 1 design question, Third were 2 DSA questions.
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Question 1
1. Tell me about a situation that required you to dig deep into a problem; 2. Give me an example of a time when you could not meet a commitment.
3. 1 leetcode DSA with follow up
4. 1 geeks4geeks dsa involving binary trees
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2024
Interview
I was given an online assessment for the first round. Two programming questions in 70 minutes or something like that. After passing, the final round is 3x60 minute interviews. One was behavioral and the other two were technical. I really didn't enjoy the interview process. My bar raiser was replaced with a new one last minute and clearly wasn't happy about it. The process felt intimidating and one-sided. My final interviewer was laughing during a technical question which didn't feel great. I'm confident in my skills and honestly feel like I dodged a bullet working for a company that works their employees into the ground.
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Question 1
When was a time you responded to critical feedback and what did you learn?
Intersection of linked lists
Implement a min heap data structure
Print a binary tree using BFS
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