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      Software Development Engineer I Interview

      20 June 2011
      Anonymous employee
      Seattle, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2011

      Interview

      My thesis professor told me that one of his former students was reaching out for potential interviewees. After announcing my interest and his recommendation, I was contacted for a series of in-person interviews at a hotel in NYC. I prepared using this site so I highly recommend you do that same to get a feel for the questions that are asked. The first day I had one interview. It consisted of introducing myself, discussing my resume, and writing a little bit of code. I was then asked to come back the next day for 3 more interviews which were more technical.

      Interview questions [4]

      Question 1

      Describe a heap and write code for an insert.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Discuss finding the most efficient route in terms of cost and time for moving products through warehouses to customers. Explain algorithm complexity.
      2 Answers

      Question 3

      Given sample code and asked to determine what it was supposed to do. Then asked to point out everything wrong with it.
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      Question 4

      Given the tax ids and phone numbers of everyone in NYC, go and get their email addresses. Now what would you change if we expand to NY state? The US?
      1 Answer