Amazon Software Engineer Interview Questions
Go Back1. Amazon is very proud of our products and the people who develop them. In your opinion, what distinguishes a great software engineer from an average one?
2. Here at Amazon, we value work life balance and initiative. What personal software development projects have you worked on outside of work?
3. How would you implement Dijkstra's Shortest Path using a programming language with which you are familiar?
4. Which do you prefer - a micro-service approach or a monolithic app?
5. Walk me through the steps to build a single page application with multiple sections using the programming framework in which you typically work.
6. How do you go about organizing CSS files, and why do you prefer this approach?
7. Many Amazon Software Engineers prefer to program in Java. Can you describe how you would implement linear search in JavaScript?
8. If hired by Amazon, can you estimate what portion of your day will involve coding and other activities you will perform when not coding?
9. What process do you use to test and find bugs in an application you've developed?
10. How do you go about addressing errors in your code?
11. Describe the process you use to create a program, from requirements definition to delivery.
12. Walk me through your process for designing scalable applications.
13. Can you describe a tough software development problem you encountered in your last job and discuss how you solved it?
14. How would you accelerate the response time of a website you created for us here at Amazon?
15. What are some of the programming languages you are familiar with, and which ones do you prefer?
16. Please describe responsive design and the difference between fixed and fluid layouts.
17. How would you go about explaining Amazon's cloud computing environment to someone who doesn't have a technical background?
18. What do you look for or check when reviewing another team member's code?
19. What do you feel are the critical principles of good software engineering?
20. Can you define black box testing and white box testing and discuss the differences between them?
21. Amazon web developers are incorporating HTML5 in their most recent websites. Can you describe the functions of web workers in HTML5?
22. What are the differences between blocking and non-blocking calls in the context of Node.js?
23. Can you describe Amazon's software development life cycle as you understand it?
24. Here at Amazon, we have embraced Agile methodology. How experienced are you with the Agile software development process?
25. Please describe a stack and the two operations it performs.
26. What are the differences between an array and a stack?