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.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer SDE 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 according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
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Medium leetcode question Structured, intense, and focused on leadership principles, Amazon’s interview process includes online assessments, technical rounds, behavioral interviews, and a bar-raiser to ensure high hiring standards across teams
3 round loop interview.
1st round LLD regarding designing a package installer with dependencies.
2nd round: Heap-related question
3rd round: Another untagged question involving subnet masks and all. Had nothing to do with subnet masks, it was done to confuse
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Tell me about a time you faced a rejection and how you handled it?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Barcelone) in Mar 2025
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I had the coding interview. It was two leetcode medium difficulty problems. The coding environment was provided and it did not have screen recording nor camera recording. I recommend practicing a lot of leetcode before taking the assessment.
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Two leetcode problems of medium difficulty I would say.