Amazon Lab126 Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Mar 2013 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I came in through a career fair pathway and ended up shortlisted after answering a couple of questions there.

My onsite ended up lasting about two hours, and it felt pretty targeted on classic fundamentals—mostly puzzle-style prompts and linked list work. I remember being asked to find the nth element from the end and also to reverse a linked list.

Overall the difficulty felt difficult, and the pace was brisk enough that I had to stay sharp from question to question. I didn’t end up getting an offer, but the experience was straightforward in the sense that I knew exactly what area they were testing me on—data-structure reasoning under time pressure.

Looking back, the biggest takeaway was how

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