Amazon Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) interview questions
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Leetcode and systems design which consists of dynamic programming and designing ticket ordering platform which was not too difficult and was Good exp doing it because they were nice and great at their kobs
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2025
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Started with assesment and insite interview invite after one month, first two rounds went smooth leet code ques [median of a data stream] and second round [Priority Queue Based questions leetcode medium], third round was completely behavioral and Amazon LP based ques the interviewer for some reason seemed not interested from the beginning, probably he's the reason I didn't reach an offer, Got Incline to Hire
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Median of a data stream (Leet code hard but comparitively simpler one)
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2025
Interview
The interview was quite challenging — especially the system design portion for an SDE 1 role. It pushed me to think deeply about scalability and trade-offs, which made it a valuable and insightful experience overall.
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tree and graph problem and a system design question