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Amazon SDE Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 9 Dec 2024

Top Amazon SDE Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. There is a 12 km road and a contractor who is in-charge of repairing it. Contractor updates you about the work which is done in patches. Like “Road between 3.2 km to 7.9 ...read more
  • Q2. There are n nuts and n bolts represented in two different arrays and a function is_fit(nut_i, bolt_j) which returns 0 if its perfectly fit, 1 if it’s a tight fit and -1 i ...read more
  • Q3. A stream of data is coming. Maintain records in a page and mechanism to see previous and next page. (Concept of Doubly Linked List) (It is always advisable to ask questio ...read more
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SDE Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 22 May 2015

6 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. What is the definition of tree ? View Answers (1)
  • Q2. What are the differences between graph and tree? View Answers (1)
  • Q3. When can you say a graph to be a tree? View Answers (1)
  • Q4. Write a program to show whether a graph is a tree or not using adjacency matrix View Answers (1)
  • Q5. Did u ask your current company to provide that type of work as u r looking in Amazon? Add Answer
  • Q6. Why Amazon ? Add Answer
  • Q7. Lots of questions on my current work and tools which I was using Add Answer
  • Q8. Why do I want to leave my current company on such a short interval of 5 months View Answers (1)
  • Q9. A stream of data is coming. Maintain records in a page and mechanism to see previous and next page. (Concept of Doubly Linked List) (It is always advisable to a...read more View Answers (1)
  • Q10. What is the meaning of memory leakage? View Answers (1)
  • Q11. Design a system for finding the costliest element always whenever we pick up an element from a box.(concept of Max Heap) View Answers (1)
  • Q12. What inspires you to join Amazon? Why dream company ? Add Answer
  • Q13. Connect Sibling pointers. I gave a Level Order Traversal solution. He asked to do it in O(1) space complexity. I explained the approach but messed up In writing...read more Add Answer
  • Q14. Explain the approach of LRU cache and implement using object oriented language View Answers (1)
  • Q15. OS questions Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: 1. Convert Binary tree to linked list.

2. Rotate a matrix by 90 degree.

There were 2 more questions. But I forgot what were they?

Round: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience: Overview of current job responsibilities and internship project.

1. Convert a tree to a sum tree.Example :

1 27

/ /

2 3 -------> 9 13

/ / / /

4 5 6 7 0 0 0 0 Always take care of all the corner cases

2. Print a pascal tree .

3. Given a 2D matrix sorted row wise and column wise . Print the matrix in sorted way. (Can be done using Min Heap).

For all the questions, complexity of the program was asked and was being asked to improve both time and space complexity.

Round: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience: Many questions regarding my current project, tools and technology I am working on.

1. Convert a binary tree to a sum tree . Here he had a new meaning of sum tree.

Example :Example :

1 1

/ /

2 3 -------> 2 5

/ / / /

4 5 6 7 4 9 15 22 (I did it with Level Order Traversal) (Complete working code was required)

2. Given an array of integers. Find the largest 3 element. (Can be done using Max Heap in less time complexity)

College Name: NA

Skills evaluated in this interview

SDE Interview Questions

user image Vijayalakshmi Chidambaram

posted on 21 Nov 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. General behavioral kinda questions on my last project
  • Q2. LLD question where coding in 30 mins

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SDE Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 9 Dec 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 -
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Nov 2024.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Simple Normal DSA Question

2

Coding Test Round

Focus on DSA and optimization

3

Coding Test Round

Project Discussion and some Date structure questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was normal simple

SDE Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 12 Sep 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 -
Result
 No response

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Aug 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. String pattern matching
  • Q2. Behavioral questions
2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Behavioral questions
  • Q2. BFS file system

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SDE Interview Questions

user image Aryan Verma

posted on 28 Oct 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Hard
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Aptitude Test Round

Find the order of excecution in sql

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - nothing as such go with the flow....

SDE Interview Questions

user image Yatharth Singh

posted on 5 Dec 2024

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Nov 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Coding Test Round

It was a one hour DS Algo Round based on recursion and DP. I managed to get to the logic for the problem but couldn't execute compltely due to time constraints

SDE Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 29 Jun 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in May 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

HACKER RANK TEST WITH MEDIUM LEVEL QUESTIONS

2

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. CREATE A LINKED LIST
  • Q2. FIND THE LOOP IN LINKED LIST
  • Q3. QUESTION BASED ON DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Amazon SDE interview:
  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • Java
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - PREPARE WELL ON DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS

Skills evaluated in this interview

SDE Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 24 Aug 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jul 2024.

5 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

SLiding window problem

2

Coding Test Round

Tree problem variation

3

Coding Test Round

DP Problems same questions but with different cases

4

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Experience with last company
  • Q2. How you handle pressure
5

Behavioral Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioural ROund

SDE Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 23 Oct 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. STAR method questions
  • Q2. Two Sum LeetCode

SDE Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Jul 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Nice test it was. Clear process

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Water accumulation leet code question
  • Q2. Find the optimal cost while combining the ropes

Skills evaluated in this interview

SDE Interview Questions

user image Abhinav Tomar

posted on 30 Nov 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Coding Test Round

Easy for me because cp and DSA

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Easy

Amazon Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Amazon SDE interview?
Amazon interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Amazon interview process are Coding Test, Technical and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Amazon SDE interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Amazon. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Amazon expect are Algorithms, C++, Java, C# and Data Structures.
What are the top questions asked in Amazon SDE interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Amazon SDE interview -

  1. There is a 12 km road and a contractor who is in-charge of repairing it. Contra...read more
  2. There are n nuts and n bolts represented in two different arrays and a function...read more
  3. A stream of data is coming. Maintain records in a page and mechanism to see pre...read more
How long is the Amazon SDE interview process?

The duration of Amazon SDE interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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