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Software Engineer New Grad Interview Experience

March 1, 2022
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied in late October. Early January, I received an online assessment consisting of two LeetCode easy/medium problems. I encountered technical issues with their coding platform during the assessment and emailed the designated contact address. Unfortunately, I only received an automated response five days later, which did not address my question. Thankfully, I resolved the issue in the last 10 minutes of my assessment, as it was clear no timely support was forthcoming. I passed all test cases.

Shortly thereafter, I was sent their second online assessment, which included a peculiar email simulation and a personality quiz. A couple of days later, I received a form to fill out my availability for a final round of interviews. After completing it, I received no confirmation or information about the interviews until mid-March, when I was notified that my interview was in three days.

The final interview consisted of three 45-minute sessions, each with a different software developer. They spent approximately two minutes asking a single behavioral question, and the remainder of the time was dedicated to a LeetCode-style problem.

I had been studying the 14 programming patterns heavily in the days leading up to this interview, but none of my three programming questions were related to these patterns. I believe I was simply unlucky in that regard. Overall, it was a disorganized and impersonal process.

Questions

Given an infix algebraic expression, convert it to postfix.

Design a traffic light system for a 4-way intersection.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 45 interview experiences for the Amazon Software Engineer New Grad role in United States.

Success Rate

13%
Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their Software Engineer New Grad roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive51%
Neutral40%
Negative9%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's Software Engineer New Grad interview process in United States.

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