Amazon Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) interview questions
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Software Development Engineer I (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 I (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.
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I was most surprised by the commitment to behavioral questions and the expectation that responses are cast in the leadership principles. I had 3 technical interviews and 3 behavioral interviews, and especially with regards to the latter I was probed on much of my work history to find as many accounts of (not) successful interactions as they could.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2021
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The online assessment is including 3 parts. Part 1 is debugging 7 problems in 7 minutes timeframe. I pass that part and move on to part 2 which I have only 70' to solve 2 hard leetcode questions that I have not seen before therefore I could not move on to part 3.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2019
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The typical amazon interview process, but not managed properly. (Adding review for the interview I had a while ago. Hope they have improved). I may not interview with them again.
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Leetcode medium. but one of the interviewers couldn't explain the question.