Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles take an average of 49 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 27%
Personality test: 20%
One on one interview: 7%
Background check: 7%
Presentation: 7%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Mar 2022
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I had a technical assessment first. I applied it through their career website. After passing that I got a mail to attend their technical interviews online. There were 2 interviews on the same day. The
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In the first technical interview I was asked, a question on graphs and one on trees. Then another one on arrays and graphs.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
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The interview process started with an initial recruiter screening, followed by technical interview rounds. The technical interviews focused on data structures, algorithms, problem-solving, and discussing my approach clearly. The interviewers also asked behavioral questions related to teamwork, challenges, and past projects. Overall, the process was structured and professional.
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Given a binary tree, how would you find the lowest common ancestor of two nodes if each node also has a parent pointer?
I received an Online Assessment (OA) invitation from Amazon. The assessment consisted of two coding questions of medium to hard difficulty, focusing on data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving skills. The questions required efficient solutions with optimized time and space complexity. After the OA, shortlisted candidates typically proceed to one or more technical interview rounds covering coding, system design, and behavioral questions based on Amazon's Leadership Principles.
Applied online via career site, received OA link within 2 days and cleared it, Round 1- DSA, Round-2 DSA, Round 3- System Design, Round 4- Mixed Technical Discussion and Behavioral.
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Number of Islands (LC 200 - Medium): You are heavily advised to know how to traverse connected components using a 2D grid.