Amazon Software Development Engineer II interview questions
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Software Development Engineer II applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer II roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 38 days.
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Started with Online Assessment and then upon clearing the online assessment moved on to 4 round on site interview loop. 3 rounds with the team and one round with the bar raiser.
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Question 1
Amazon Leadership Principle questions in each round. Leetcode Medium Hard. High Level System Design.
Normal format with one OA and 4 rounds with two coding, one system design and one low level system design. Medium to hare level LC questions. Low level system design had a common question requiring to use decorator pattern.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Berlim) in Aug 2024
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Online Assessment (2h) con 2 problemi leetcode (1 medium, 1 hard), domande su software design e work simulation.
Recruiter call (30 min) con domande sulle mie esperienze lavortive e spazio per chiedere tutte le informazioni importanti circa il ruolo.
Technical Screen [1h] con 2 domande comportamentali e 2 leetcode (1 easy 1 medium).
Round finale di (5h) 4 round comportamentali (domande personali e sull'esperienza lavortiva, Leadership Princilples) e 1 round tecnico con domande su machine learning.
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Parlami di un sacrificio che hai fatto per raggiungere un importante obiettivo per un cliente.