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      Software Engineer Interview

      22 Apr 2012
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2012

      Interview

      Applied online and also submitted resume through a job fair. At the fair, I was asked to write a simple program along with simple questions like past projects, interests and experience. I was called for on-site interview event that consisted of approximately 30 recent graduate students. The on-site interview consisted of 4 1:1 interviews. The interview covered OOP concepts, algorithmic and data structure questions about graphs, linked lists, etc. The difficulty level was quite high, though I felt I knew some variation of the questions asked. There were no terrible surprises. Two of the four interviewers were not even interested in my name. They walked in and started asking me questions directly. I asked my last interviewer about "Amazon" culture, he was hesitant to directly answer it. I don't know why he did that. He started telling me the company principles and goals. It was good experience for me and they paid for the tickets and stay at Seattle, So, I was happy with the overall process.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is an abstract class? Why is composition better than inheritance? Difference between abstract class and interface? When would you use interface over abstract class?
      Answer question
      1

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      19 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
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      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

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      Negative experience
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      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Sydney)

      Interview

      I can't comment much. I submitted an application for the software engineer position, and not even a minute later, I received an auto rejection email from Amazon (never received an online assessment).

      Software Engineer Interview

      14 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
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      Application

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