Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE interview questions
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Software Development Engineer SDE 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.
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It was pretty straightforward involving a leetcode question that is commonly asked related to a graph traversal involving a dependency chain with some follow ups including runtime and space complexity
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It was pretty straightforward involving a leetcode question that is commonly asked related to a graph traversal involving a dependency chain with some follow ups including runtime and space complexity
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderâbâd) in Jul 2025
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resume screening → online assessment → 1–2 technical phone screens → onsite/virtual loop (3–5 rounds) covering DSA, problem solving, system design (senior), and behavioral questions based on Leadership Principles → final debrief and offer.
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One thing they always asked was a behavioral question based on Amazon Leadership Principles, for example:
“Tell me about a time you faced a conflict or failed, and how you handled it (use STAR).”
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2025
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First got an online assessment with LC question, 1 easy medium and 1 medium hard. And then there was simulation section with daily scenarios and what you’ll choose to do. After that 3 hour loop scheduled. 1st round ( behavioral + easy LLD , more of code maintainability question, if u can write clean code and follow a design and explain as well) 2nd round ( past experience and behavioral) 3rd round (DSA- two pointer sliding window question with follow ups)
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Asked about an experience where I had to take lead and resolve a customer issue.