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Asked at Amazon • 4 years ago
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Software Engineer
Technical
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"Use a min-heap or sort the array, either method works"
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Software Engineer
Technical
Asked at Amazon, Twitch • 5 years ago
What opportunities exist to cross-promote Amazon Prime to Twitch users?
Product Strategy
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Asked at Amazon • 3 years ago
How did COVID-19 affect Amazon?
Product Manager
Analytical
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"This is a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. There's no set formula, but we recommend proposing at least three different reasons to answer the question. Let's go over one possible solution: > I'll list the three biggest ways I think COVID-19 affected Amazon. Fulfillment Issues > I imagine Amazon is getting much more volume of sales then they were previously. Although Amazon had a lot of sales before, quarantine has caused many people t"
Exponent - "This is a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. There's no set formula, but we recommend proposing at least three different reasons to answer the question. Let's go over one possible solution: > I'll list the three biggest ways I think COVID-19 affected Amazon. Fulfillment Issues > I imagine Amazon is getting much more volume of sales then they were previously. Although Amazon had a lot of sales before, quarantine has caused many people t"See full answer
Product Manager
Analytical
Asked at Amazon, Microsoft • 3 months ago
What are the differences between a vulnerability, threat, and risk?
Security Analyst
Technical
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Asked at Amazon, Google • 3 months ago
Explain SSL handshake.
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Technical
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Asked at Amazon, Microsoft • 3 months ago
How do you work through figuring out things you don't know?
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Asked at Amazon • 3 years ago
Explain the process of a Google Search.
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Product Manager
Asked at Amazon, Twitch • 5 years ago
How would you promote Borderlands 3 to Twitch Prime users?
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Asked at Amazon, Uber • 3 months ago
What are different types of XSS and how would you prevent them?
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Asked at Amazon, Microsoft • 3 months ago
What SOC processes have you automated?
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Asked at Amazon • a year ago
Given an array of children’s ratings, assign at least one candy to each child so that higher-rated children get more than their neighbors, and return the minimum total candies needed.
Software Engineer
Data Structures & Algorithms
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Asked at Amazon • 3 years ago
How many weddings does someone attend in their life?
Product Manager
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