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.
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good interview, 4 rounds, good process, techinical and hr it was a very nice process overall, had a debugging round and then technical problem solving round which had two technical interview question
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Neu-Delhi) in Aug 2020
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On-campus applied. Firstly screening process was done and then interviews were held.
In screening, there were 2 coding questions and some MCQs. In MCQ's there were questions on aptitude, Data Structures, Networks, OS, etc. After the screening there were 4 rounds of interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a number find the square root of the number.
3 rounds of automated, then 1 with a real person. There is a debugging portion and a leetcode-style automated technical interview. The in person is an easy technical question. Parts 1 and 2 are standard, part 3 is a work simulation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if you have a customer-facing project that is falling behind?