Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE I interview questions
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Software Development Engineer SDE I applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer SDE I roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer SDE I according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Presentation: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
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Good, 3 rounds of interview
1- Online assessment
2- dsa or problem solving round was asked two questions one related to string one is of linked list
3 - HR round
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2025
Interview
One bar Raiser, 1 Low level Design, one with 2 leetcodes, leadership principles in all of the above rounds, bar raiser was stressful, they check how can u manage in stressful situations
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Bāngaon, Uttar Pradesh) in Feb 2024
Interview
The interview process was smooth and well-structured. It started with an online aptitude and technical assessment, followed by two rounds of interviews — one focused on core technical skills and another on behavioral and situational questions. The panel was friendly and gave time to think before answering.
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Question 1
They asked, “Can you explain a project where you solved a real-world problem using data or AI?”
I described my capstone project on hydroponic disease detection using Fast R-CNN, focusing on how I built the dataset, trained the model, and improved accuracy through image preprocessing.