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.
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OA with two coding problems and then was contacted a couple months later about a final 3 round interview. OA was two medium problems and 3 round interview consisted of behavioral and technical questions
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2025
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1 question about heaps, 1 generic design a parking structure. The next round was an API design. The behavioral round was quite straightforward, one question that caught me out of the blue was "Name a tool that you learnt on the job".
OA 2 DSA QUESTIONS AND LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE SIMULATION. one was string lexographically and other was sort based rule based but tricky to attempt . It took 3-4 hours to complete.
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