Amazon Software Engineer Interview Experience
Amazon · Mid level
Interview process
MY DSA was top notch so no issues there, leadership principle questions are predictable so I answered thoroughly.
Interview rounds · 3
- 1
Recruiter screen
Behavioral- Q1. Resume based questions
- 2
Online assessment
BehavioralCodingTechnicalData Structures & AlgorithmsProject Discussion- Q1. Tell me about a time when data failed you.
- Q2. Reverse a linked list.
- 3
Technical round
BehavioralCodingData Structures & Algorithms- Q1. Given a matrix with a rat, bread, cat, and obstacles, find a path from the rat to the bread that maximizes the minimum distance from cat.
- Q2. Edit distance
Tips from the candidate
Basic leetcode, sort by most asked amazon questions. Make sure you go through it thoroughly. They don't easily ask graphs but expect binary search, basic dp, arrays and trees type of questions.
Company culture
People are a littel metric oriented, a lot of work is there and expectation is you keep following the leadership.