Amazon Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) interview questions
based on 1.5K ratings - Updated Jul 1, 2026
Averageinterview difficulty
Very positiveinterview experience
How others got an interview
60%
Applied online
Applied online
19%
Campus Recruiting
Campus Recruiting
10%
Recruiter
Recruiter
8%
Employee Referral
Employee Referral
2%
Other
Other
1%
In Person
In Person
0%
Staffing Agency
Staffing Agency
Interview search
1,535 interviews
Viewing 606 - 610 of 1,535 Interviews
Amazon interviews FAQs
Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.8 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 59.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
It was a smooth process and the interviewer was very calm through out and made it ease for me to answer the question with no pressure.
The questions ranged for DSA to advanced DSA.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They mainly asked me to run them through my thought process.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Halifax, NS) in Sep 2024
Interview
First round of two questions with 90 minutes.
Followed by work style assessment and workplace assessment. Since my role involves data, Database related questions are asked. Like which database would you choose in this situation etc.
Some basic software engineering process related to position. Like what would be the best action or task to take after this etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question which involves hashmaps, queue, dynamic programming.
One is medium one is hard level.
I got an online assessment with two easy / medium questions. After that I had another interview where the interviewer asked me more detailed questions and to give alternate solutions to those online assessment questions.