Amazon SDET design interview

Oct 10, 2017 3 Comments

Have a sdet loop coming up, likely L6. What kind of design interview can I expect? Designing something like a test framework or the usual system design that devs get asked? @Amazon
Ps: Please lets not troll the role, I'm genuinely interested and want to make the shift from a dev (have not been a sdet ever, 15 yrs). If all you have got to say is that I'm nuts, please keep it to yourself.

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  • Microsoft / Eng
    AmlEvil

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    AmlEvil
    Could you at least give us your motivation? I think you're nuts, but maybe I'm wrong.

    I think they'll ask you to design an API and/or a monitoring framework. E.g., suppose you need to simulate load. Or suppose you need to collect logs. Things of that nature.

    Think of some infrastructure you use for monitoring, and imagine how you would implement it, as opposed to designing Twitter or Imgur
    Oct 10, 2017 1
    • As I understand the sdet role in amazon is not the same as the sdets we had in msft. Appears to be an unique combination of quality, development and also driving process across teams. I feel bored designing and coding all day, wanted to try out a different technical role. TPM will take me out of the day to day coding I do, I will not be able to sell myself in a few years. Hence sdet
      Oct 10, 2017
  • Microsoft / Eng
    Some Dev

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    Some Dev
    Interview will probably be how transition all sdet responsibility out of human occupied roles.
    Oct 10, 2017 0