Amazon SDE Internship Interview Tips

25.10.2020 — Amazon, Interview, Internship — 2 min read

Interview format and what to expect in the interview

Interview format will be mostly same as Geeksforgeeks Amazon 6months intern Interview experience
After the online coding round, there will be virtual interviews scheduled which will assess you on Data Structures & Algorithms and Problem solving.

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Interviews will be virtual and will be on a video conferencing app such as Amazon Chime https://aws.amazon.com/chime/ and coding should be done on a text editor (not IDE)

You will be expected to write real working code (not pseudo code) in any programming language you are comfortable in (C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript etc).
The interview will be more about how you approach and solve the problem rather than knowing the most efficient solution. So, Ask clarifying questions, discuss the approach you have in mind and only start coding after confirmation from the interviewer. (Remember to “Think out loud”)

Write code with good variable names, with proper segregation using functions. Try to follow OOPS concepts.

For more, checkout work@tech article on "How to ace the Problem Solving, Data Structures and Algorithms round?"
Focus on projects or behaviour questions will be minor, but do check out Amazon Leadership Principles and be thorough with things mentioned in your resume - https://www.amazon.jobs/en-gb/principles

Expect Medium level leetcode questions, with possibility of hard questions.
Brush up on : common Data structures such as Arrays, LinkedList, Stack, Queue, HashMap, Trees (BinaryTree, BST, Heaps) and Graphs; Algorithms such as Sorting, Searching & Traversals, Divide & conquer, Dynamic programming, Greedy algorithms, Backtracking, String manipulation, Two-pointer technique etc.
Practice questions on Leetcode.com or InterviewBit or geeksforgeeks.org, and primarily, practice coding in a simple text editor.
Try to give Mock interviews for practice
Checkout work@tech article on “How to prepare for the Problem Solving, Data Structures and Algorithms round?"