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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Australia

November 22, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The first round involves an online programming test, where you have to solve various programming tasks.

The second round involves a phone interview with a senior engineer, asking about your background and some problem-solving questions.

The third round will be in-person interviews with 4-5 different senior engineers and managers, testing various aspects of problem-solving and techniques.

Questions

Third-round interviews involve 4-5 interviews, each about 45 minutes long. These interviews test your problem-solving abilities, logical reasoning, and various programming skills and techniques.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Amazon Software Development Engineer role in Australia.

Success Rate

33%

Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Australia is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive67%

Neutral33%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's Software Development Engineer interview process in Australia.

Amazon Work Experiences

Military-style management

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Big company with tons of opportunities. Decent compensation.

Cons: Strict hierarchy of management. They can talk a lot about bottom-up initiatives, but really it doesn't go any further than quarterly Director's / VP's speeches. Attempts to improve company culture and environment are taken as a personal insult by low / mid-level management. They just expect you to carry out orders.

Military-style management

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Big company with tons of opportunities. Decent compensation.

Cons: Strict hierarchy of management. They can talk a lot about bottom-up initiatives, but really it doesn't go any further than quarterly Director's / VP's speeches. Attempts to improve company culture and environment are taken as a personal insult by low / mid-level management. They just expect you to carry out orders.

Good For Some

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

September 22, 2021

Pros: Competitive Pay Stock Awards AWS Tech Stack

Cons: PTO Accrual Workaholic Culture PIP Culture Very Political

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

September 22, 2021

Pros: Competitive Pay Stock Awards AWS Tech Stack

Cons: PTO Accrual Workaholic Culture PIP Culture Very Political

Good Benefits, Slow Stock

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

February 11, 2023

Pros: Good benefits, 22k share stock at entry, and 1-2 months' time off.

Cons: Stock share release of 5/5/35/55

Good Benefits, Slow Stock

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

February 11, 2023

Pros: Good benefits, 22k share stock at entry, and 1-2 months' time off.

Cons: Stock share release of 5/5/35/55

Military-style management

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Big company with tons of opportunities. Decent compensation.

Cons: Strict hierarchy of management. They can talk a lot about bottom-up initiatives, but really it doesn't go any further than quarterly Director's / VP's speeches. Attempts to improve company culture and environment are taken as a personal insult by low / mid-level management. They just expect you to carry out orders.

2.0
Military-style management
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
July 15, 2020
Pros: Big company with tons of opportunities. Decent compensation.
Cons: Strict hierarchy of management. They can talk a lot about bottom-up initiatives, but really it doesn't go any further than quarterly Director's / VP's speeches. Attempts to improve company culture and environment are taken as a personal insult by low / mid-level management. They just expect you to carry out orders.

Good For Some

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

September 22, 2021

Pros: Competitive Pay Stock Awards AWS Tech Stack

Cons: PTO Accrual Workaholic Culture PIP Culture Very Political

3.0
Good For Some
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
September 22, 2021
Pros: Competitive Pay Stock Awards AWS Tech Stack
Cons: PTO Accrual Workaholic Culture PIP Culture Very Political

Good Benefits, Slow Stock

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

February 11, 2023

Pros: Good benefits, 22k share stock at entry, and 1-2 months' time off.

Cons: Stock share release of 5/5/35/55

4.0
Good Benefits, Slow Stock
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
February 11, 2023
Pros: Good benefits, 22k share stock at entry, and 1-2 months' time off.
Cons: Stock share release of 5/5/35/55

Amazon Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

You're given daily stock prices. Find the maximum profit you can make by buying and selling the stock once. You must buy before you sell.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Reorganize String

Rearrange the characters in a given string such that no two adjacent characters are the same. If such an arrangement is possible, return it; otherwise, return an empty string.

StringsGreedy AlgorithmsArrays

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