J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Hyderâbâd)
Entretien
The Amazon SDE 1 interview process typically consists of three main stages, heavily emphasizing **technical proficiency** and Amazon’s **16 Leadership Principles (LPs)**.
### 1. Online Assessment (OA)
The first step is a **70–90 minute** proctored assessment on HackerRank. It usually includes:
* **Two Coding Questions:** Medium-level DSA problems (e.g., Arrays, Strings, Hashing).
* **Work Simulation:** A 60-minute module where you handle workplace scenarios and decision-making.
* **Workstyle Survey:** A personality test to assess cultural alignment with LPs.
### 2. Phone Screen
A **45–60 minute** technical interview with an engineer focusing on medium-level coding, edge cases, and a brief discussion on one or two Leadership Principles.
### 3. Onsite "Loop"
This final stage consists of **4 to 5 rounds**, each lasting one hour:
* **Coding (2 Rounds):** Deep dives into DSA, focusing on clean code and optimization.
* **System Design/LLD (1 Round):** Basic architecture or Low-Level Design (e.g., designing a parking lot).
* **Bar Raiser:** A rigorous round with a senior interviewer outside the hiring team, focusing heavily on **Leadership Principles** and high-level problem-solving.
Autres retours d’entretien d’embauche pour un poste comme Software Developer chez Amazon
Great interview process with three rounds, including a technical assessment and a technical interview. The interviewers were professional and supportive throughout the process. The questions mainly focused on DSA, problem-solving, and core technical concepts. The discussions were engaging and provided a good opportunity to demonstrate technical skills. Overall, the process was well-structured, smooth, transparent, and a very positive experience.
J'ai postulé via un établissement d'enseignement supérieur ou universitaire. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Dublin, Dublin)
Entretien
Online techincal assessment. Had to screen share and complete basic coding tasks similar to Leet Code. Could choose a language of your choice. Overall a very fair system and judged based on merit.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Technical assessment so a basic leet code style question about reversing the orders of long numerical strings.
Loop — 4 rounds, all on the same day
Round 1 — Coding (DSA)
Interviewer was a senior SDE, very friendly.
Warm-up + behavioral: "Tell me about a time you took ownership of something outside your responsibilities."
Main question: Given a list of meeting intervals, find the minimum number of conference rooms required. I used a heap. He then asked a follow-up: what if meetings could be reassigned to minimize total idle time? We discussed approaches but didn't fully code it.
He cared a lot about how I talked through edge cases out loud.
Round 2 — Coding + Problem Solving
LP question: "Describe a situation where you disagreed with a teammate."
Coding: LRU Cache implementation from scratch. I used a hashmap + doubly linked list. He pushed on thread-safety and what happens at capacity 0.
Round 3 — Behavioral (Bar Raiser)
This was the toughest round — no coding, all Leadership Principles, very deep STAR-format probing.
Questions I got:
"Tell me about a time you failed and what you learned."
"A time you had to deliver something with a tight deadline and limited information."
The bar raiser kept drilling: "What was your specific contribution?" "What would you do differently?" "What data did you use?" Have 6–8 strong stories ready with metrics.
Round 4 — Low-Level Design
Design: Design a parking lot system (classes, vehicle types, spot allocation, pricing). Then he asked me to code the findSpot() and releaseSpot() methods.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Most coding questions were LeetCode Medium. Common themes: graphs, heaps, sliding window, hashmaps, and LRU/design., system design,