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 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) I roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) I according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
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The hiring process included an online assessment focused on DSA and workstyle evaluation, followed by a technical interview with two DSA questions: one on Dynamic Programming (Longest Increasing Subsequence) and one on Trees (Lowest Common Ancestor).
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Longest increasing subsequence related question from DP
The interview process consisted of an initial screening, followed by a 3-hour interview with the hiring manager. The discussion focused on my technical background, relevant software development experience, problem-solving skills, and alignment with the role and team expectations.
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Can you describe a time you had to make a technical decision with limited information and tight deadlines?
Had my loop a while back, had two leetcode mediums, and was asked an optimized Trie solution in one of them. Second round was LLD, was asked one easy leetcode question as well. Third round was bar raiser, just behavioural questions and a good chat
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Give an example of how you simplified a complex process.