Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE interview questions
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Software Development Engineer SDE 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 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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Coding round based. Initial screening and then there was onsite coding rounds. Could not get through them but was a great experience. SDE position is very sought after and the salary is really lucrative. Hope to make it soon.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2022
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Lengthy interview process that asks hard questions that are pertinent to being a software engineer. You will take an online assessment as well as technical interviews testing on your knowledge.
First coding interview, then phone interview, followed by four interviews. Each interview is of 1 hour. 30 minutes is for coding question, 30 minutes is for Amazon's Leadership Principle questions
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Question 1
What did you when you were aware you will not be able to meet the deadline?