# Rotting Oranges interview question

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# Rotting Oranges

We list **Rotting Oranges** as a coding interview question for **Software Engineer** roles at **Amazon**, categorized under **Data Structures & Algorithms** and **Coding**.

## Question details

- **Reported last asked:** 9 months ago
- **Interview experiences:** 1
- **Community answers:** None contributed yet

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## Interview experience

One shared experience concerns an **Amazon Software Engineer Intern** interview:

> “2 1 hour interview rounds after an online assessment. went well, standard questions. interviewer was conducted by one engineer, and one manager on the team that i was eventually hired for.”

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