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 57.9% 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.
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Phone interview: 25%
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Skills test: 25%
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Online Assessment, and then an Amazon culture / Leadership Principles assessment. If you pass those two rounds, in the end, there will be 3 rounds of technical interviews (LC questions + behavior questions).
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Nov 2022
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I applied online and a recruiter approached me. First I have an online assessment with 2 coding questions followed by a phone interview again with 2 questions. After that I was informed that they are not moving forward with me
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Question 1
1. Implement a queue using stack 2. Generate valid parentheses