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Engineers are responsible for designing and building products. In an interview context, expect to be quizzed on your technical skills, and also evaluated for your ability to work as a part of a team to get things built. The specific questions you are asked will depend on what type of engineering position you are looking for such as a specific engineering discipline like software engineer, electrical engineer, or mechanical engineer.

Top Engineer Interview Questions & How to Answer

Question 1

Question #1: What is the most challenging engineering project you've dealt with, and how did you ensure it was successful?

How to answer
How to answer: This question requires you to give a specific example. Ideally, you're able to choose a project that mirrors the type of work you'd do in the role you're interviewing for. Even if it's not your most challenging project, make sure you describe your obstacle(s) and the successful outcome clearly and enthusiastically.
Question 2

Question #2: In your current role, what steps do you take to avoid making mistakes?

How to answer
How to answer: Whether you have a formal process or not, list any specific measures you employ (i.e., digital tools, consulting with colleagues, etc.). Make sure your answer demonstrates a commitment to quality control, efficiency, and safety.
Question 3

Question #3: Describe a time you dealt with a difficult client or stakeholder.

How to answer
How to answer: This one also requires a specific example that demonstrates patience and good judgment. An employer is looking for evidence that you're able to confidently and calmly stand by your decisions. Share an example with a positive outcome.

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Design a system for counting how many times an item is clicked on. You need to record clicks and be able to report how many clicks for a given item. Be able to report which items are the most popular. Keep in mind scalability, since this is Amazon we're talking about.
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Sep 13, 2010

Design a system for counting how many times an item is clicked on. You need to record clicks and be able to report how many clicks for a given item. Be able to report which items are the most popular. Keep in mind scalability, since this is Amazon we're talking about.

1. Test Case Enumeration: Write test cases for taxi booking application for Ola or Uber. You are expected to write testcases covering different types of functional and non-functional testing areas 2. Problem Solving: Find the first occurance of a given number from the series which has the difference between the adjacent elements as 1. For Example {1, 0, -1,-2,-1,0,1,2,3} Note: Do not use Linear Search 3. Test Data Generation Write the test data for the function: int getSmallestIntegerPosition(int[] A) This method accepts as input integer array that is already sorted and rotated "n" number of items where n is less than the size of the array For Example: The test data can be {4,5,6,1} This was derived from {1, 4, 5,6} afer sorting and rotating the array for 3 times And output of the function returns the index of integer that has the smallest value Eg: {4,5,6,1}: the smallest value is 1 and its index is 3 Note: This method searches for the element and derives the position with an order of O(log(n)) 4. Debugging While using skype or google hangout application, you are not able to do a video chat, describe how you debug the problem considering different aspects of functional and non-functional testing 5. Scripting Find the nth consecutive occurence of a character in a given string. For example for the given input string of "Amazon is a great company as it haas AtoooZzz" and the output should be "o" 6. Consider a string "Hello Good Morning" it should print the sentence in reverse order output should be "Morning Good Hello" 7. Check two strings are anagram 8. Merge two dimesional Array Consider array1 ={{10, 15}, {30, 50}} array2 ={{20,40}, {5, 10}} Merged array should be sandwitched (array 1 should be sandwitched with array 2) also while merging array if value range is less than the previously added value then that value should not be added to the merged array Output should be {10, 20, 30, 40, 50} --> 15, 5 and 10 should not be added 9. Print middle character of a string. If middle value has even then print 2 characters Eg: Amazon -->print az 10. Search an element in array without using linear search technique 11. Write test cases for Amazon Prime functionality 12. Testcases enumeration and data preperation for Whatsapp messenger
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Quality Assurance Engineer II

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Jul 26, 2017

1. Test Case Enumeration: Write test cases for taxi booking application for Ola or Uber. You are expected to write testcases covering different types of functional and non-functional testing areas 2. Problem Solving: Find the first occurance of a given number from the series which has the difference between the adjacent elements as 1. For Example {1, 0, -1,-2,-1,0,1,2,3} Note: Do not use Linear Search 3. Test Data Generation Write the test data for the function: int getSmallestIntegerPosition(int[] A) This method accepts as input integer array that is already sorted and rotated "n" number of items where n is less than the size of the array For Example: The test data can be {4,5,6,1} This was derived from {1, 4, 5,6} afer sorting and rotating the array for 3 times And output of the function returns the index of integer that has the smallest value Eg: {4,5,6,1}: the smallest value is 1 and its index is 3 Note: This method searches for the element and derives the position with an order of O(log(n)) 4. Debugging While using skype or google hangout application, you are not able to do a video chat, describe how you debug the problem considering different aspects of functional and non-functional testing 5. Scripting Find the nth consecutive occurence of a character in a given string. For example for the given input string of "Amazon is a great company as it haas AtoooZzz" and the output should be "o" 6. Consider a string "Hello Good Morning" it should print the sentence in reverse order output should be "Morning Good Hello" 7. Check two strings are anagram 8. Merge two dimesional Array Consider array1 ={{10, 15}, {30, 50}} array2 ={{20,40}, {5, 10}} Merged array should be sandwitched (array 1 should be sandwitched with array 2) also while merging array if value range is less than the previously added value then that value should not be added to the merged array Output should be {10, 20, 30, 40, 50} --> 15, 5 and 10 should not be added 9. Print middle character of a string. If middle value has even then print 2 characters Eg: Amazon -->print az 10. Search an element in array without using linear search technique 11. Write test cases for Amazon Prime functionality 12. Testcases enumeration and data preperation for Whatsapp messenger

Considering a 2-dimension matrix that can only be traversed by 1 adjacent position at a time and never diagonally. Create an algorithm to traverse that matrix from its upper-left corner to its lower-right corner using the shorter possible path in the most efficient way.
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Senior Software Engineer

Interviewed at Oracle

3.5
Mar 19, 2009

Considering a 2-dimension matrix that can only be traversed by 1 adjacent position at a time and never diagonally. Create an algorithm to traverse that matrix from its upper-left corner to its lower-right corner using the shorter possible path in the most efficient way.

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