Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview questions
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3 step process. Behavioral, qualitative and technical. Coding: Python and SQL. Database knowledge is good to have and understanding of distributed processing. 3 step process. Behavioral, qualitative and technical. Coding: Python and SQL. Database knowledge is good to have and understanding of distributed processing
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What is your understanding of Distributed processing
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Londres, Inglaterra) in Aug 2024
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Process mirrors typical FAANG: lots of LeetCode that won't be used on the job, average communication. Overall decent experience, but ended with no offer. Felt misaligned with my working culture as the expectation is very long hours.
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How do you feel about working evenings and weekends?
I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Seattle, WA)
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took an online assessment, had coding portion (leetcode medium) and personality assessment (very difficult) with workplace simulation asking you what you would do in certain scenarios and also asking you questions about what things you value
study the leadership principles