Amazon Software Development Engineer Intern interview questions
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3 OAs over the course of a couple weeks. Not too bad. Just brush up on DSA, and be a reasonable human being for the last OA. If successful, there will be a final one hour interview.
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Question 1
Asked two behavioral questions (5-15 minutes); center your answers around their principles! Rest of the time on 2 coding questions, focus on your thinking process than the actual answer.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2021
Interview
3 Online assessments: Debugging, Coding, Work Simulation
1 virtual interview: behavioral and technical
Virtual interview: Starts with a few behavioral questions, about 10 minutes, then the next 35 minutes are for technical question and follow-up question.
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Leetcode easy level question. Brute force is O(n^2), less optimal: O(n log n), most optimal: O(n)
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Berkeley, CA) in Feb 2021
Interview
There were three Online Assessments (7 debugging questions, 2 Leetcode questions, and a simulation of a day in Amazon), followed by one virtual interview that lasted 45 to 60 minutes.