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Software Engineer Interview Questions
Practice 9403 coding, system design and machine learning questions from 546 companies, sorted by role, topic and interview round. Every question has step-by-step hints, a code runner that supports 8 languages and an AI mentor; members also get the full solution walkthrough.
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- AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCompute shortest path with obstacles
This interview question evaluates algorithm design, data structures, correctness, complexity, edge cases, and implementation details in a realistic interview setting. A strong answer for Compute shortest path with obstacles states assumptions, handles edge cases, explains trade-offs, and shows how to validate the result clearly.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCompute the Median After Each Stream Insertion
This problem tests your ability to maintain dynamic statistics in a data stream using efficient data structures to achieve logarithmic insertion and constant-time retrieval.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsiteHeapsData StreamsSorting - AmazonEasySoftware EngineerCompute the Minimum Number of Meeting Rooms
This problem tests your ability to manage overlapping time intervals efficiently, requiring an understanding of sorting or priority queues to track resource utilization.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenSortingIntervalsGreedy - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCompute total revenue from greedy VM rentals
This problem tests your ability to use greedy strategies combined with efficient data structures to manage resource allocation and optimize revenue based on priority-based demand.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenGreedyData StructuresHeap - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCompute tree diameter
This question evaluates understanding of binary tree algorithms, recursion versus iterative traversal strategies, and competence in algorithmic analysis including time and space complexity and handling deep-recursion stack overflow when computing a tree's diameter.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCompute unique visitors per department from clicks
This question evaluates a candidate's skill in data manipulation and deduplication using SQL/Python, specifically mapping hierarchical product metadata to departments and computing unique user counts without double-counting, and is categorized under Data Manipulation (SQL/Python).
Data Manipulation (SQL/Python)Technical Screen - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerControl Robot Charging with Repeated Polling and Exclusive Station Assignments
Design a repeatedly invoked robot-charging controller with strict battery thresholds, exclusive station assignments, waiting robots, and safe command retries.
Software Engineering FundamentalsTechnical Screen - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCount Connected Components in an Undirected Graph
This question tests the ability to traverse an undirected graph using graph search algorithms to identify and count disjoint subgraphs.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenGraphsBFSDFS - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCount Customers Who Visited on Multiple Dates
Tests data manipulation, hash set/map aggregation, and date deduplication to identify users with repeat visits across distinct calendar days.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenHash TableCountingString - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCount Four-Neighbor Islands in a Binary Matrix
Count four-neighbor islands in a binary matrix and consider the connectivity state needed when rows arrive as a stream.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCount expressions reaching a target sum
This interview question evaluates algorithm design, data structures, correctness, complexity, edge cases, and implementation details in a realistic interview setting. A strong answer for Count expressions reaching a target sum states assumptions, handles edge cases, explains trade-offs, and shows how to validate the result clearly.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCount partitions and equal-cost packages
This question evaluates string-processing and combinatorial counting skills, including tracking distinct-character occurrences across contiguous partitions and using frequency-based pairing logic on arrays to form equal-cost packages.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCount regions with DFS
This question evaluates proficiency in graph traversal and grid-based connected-component detection using depth-first search on a binary m x n grid, along with algorithmic complexity analysis and techniques to avoid revisiting cells.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCount the Distinct Binary Search Tree Shapes for Keys 1 to n
Count how many structurally different binary search trees can store the keys 1 through n exactly once, for n up to 19. It tests reasoning about how tree shapes decompose and counting combinatorial structures efficiently instead of building every tree.
Coding & AlgorithmsOther - AmazonHardSoftware EngineerCount unique Morse-code word transformations
This question evaluates a candidate's ability to implement string transformations based on a fixed character-to-code mapping and to identify distinct results, testing competencies in encoding, string manipulation, and deduplication.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCourse Prerequisite Feasibility
This question tests the ability to detect cycles in a directed graph to determine if a set of academic courses with prerequisite constraints can be completed.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenGraphDFSTopological Sort - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCreate a Binary Tree from Parent-Child Descriptions
Construct one valid binary tree from unordered parent-child descriptions that identify left and right links. Reuse node identities across records, support children appearing before parents, and return the unique root.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerCustomer Focus: Going Above and Beyond and Shipping a Customer-Driven Change
An Amazon behavioral question on customer focus: describe a time you went above and beyond for a customer, and a change you made that was driven by customer needs. It tests how you discover customer problems, act on them beyond expectations, and measure the impact.
Behavioral & LeadershipOnsite - AmazonHardSoftware EngineerDebug Failing Tests in a Django Movie Search and Filter API
Debug an existing Django movie catalog API whose automated tests fail, covering URL routing, query parameter handling, queryset filters on genre, director, writer, rating and year, result ordering with tie-breakers, and HTTP 500 errors. It tests a systematic, layer-by-layer debugging process under a time limit.
Software Engineering FundamentalsOnline Assessment - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerDebug Watch List Movie Operations
This question evaluates backend debugging, RESTful API semantics, data validation and integrity, persistence behavior, and correct HTTP status and error-response handling for watch-list movie operations.
Software Engineering FundamentalsOnline Assessment - AmazonHardSoftware EngineerDebug a Layered Book Search Service Against Five Search Rules
Given a layered bookstore search backend with planted bugs, write failing tests for substring matching, scope selection, case-insensitivity, multi-key ordering and visibility, then locate and fix every defect without changing the API contract. Tests test-first debugging across layers and query design.
Software Engineering FundamentalsOnline Assessmentdebuggingtestingsearch - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerDebug a Node.js car-rental backend: leaked cars, missing new cars, lost edits
An unfamiliar Node.js car-rental backend with API documentation and failing preset tests has three independent bugs: the My Cars list shows other users' cars, newly added cars never appear, and edits vanish after a refresh. The question tests systematic debugging, ownership checks across endpoints, and confirming that writes really persist.
Software Engineering FundamentalsOnline Assessment - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerDebug a Test-Driven C++ Project
Tests your ability to design and implement a sliding-window rate limiter with deduplication and state cleanup, reflecting common logic and edge-case errors encountered when debugging test-driven C++ systems.
Software Engineering FundamentalsOnline AssessmentSliding WindowDesignHash Table - AmazonHardSoftware EngineerDebug an Issue-Creation API Failure
This problem tests your systematic troubleshooting methodology for a distributed system, focusing on narrowing down the root cause of an API request failure.
Software Engineering FundamentalsTechnical ScreenDebuggingSystem ArchitectureDistributed Systems - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerDeliver Under a Tight Deadline with Clear Tradeoffs
Explain a tight-deadline delivery through a concise situation, scope tradeoff, personal action, stakeholder agreement, and verifiable result.
Behavioral & LeadershipTechnical Screen - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerDeliver a Feature Under a Tight Deadline
This question assesses a candidate's ability to prioritize project scope, manage cross-functional dependencies, and maintain delivery quality under significant time pressure.
Behavioral & LeadershipTechnical ScreenProject ManagementPrioritizationLeadership - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerDeliver an Important Project Under a Tight Deadline
Describe deadline-driven project delivery through business priorities, scope and quality tradeoffs, dependency management, and evidence of the delivered impact.
Behavioral & LeadershipOnsite - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerDemonstrate Bias for Action
Demonstrate Bias for Action evaluates behavioral evidence, ownership, communication, trade-offs, and measurable outcomes in a realistic interview setting. A strong answer states assumptions, handles edge cases, explains trade-offs, and shows how to validate the result clearly.
Behavioral & LeadershipTechnical Screen - AmazonMediumSoftware EngineerDemonstrate Leadership Principles in Projects
Demonstrate Leadership Principles in Projects evaluates behavioral evidence, ownership, communication, trade-offs, and measurable outcomes in a realistic interview setting. A strong answer states assumptions, handles edge cases, explains trade-offs, and shows how to validate the result clearly.
Behavioral & LeadershipTechnical Screen - AmazonEasySoftware EngineerDemonstrate Project Ownership and In-Depth Investigation
Tests your ability to demonstrate Amazon Leadership Principles—specifically Ownership and Dive Deep—by explaining how you diagnosed a complex technical problem and saw the solution through to completion.
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