Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.8 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 59.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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easy unless you get an indian interviewer. very hard to please them so just give up. They expect the answer they have in mind and do not listen to any others
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Pittsburgh, PA) in Feb 2025
Interview
The interviewer asked two behavioural questions and one coding question. The coding question can be solved by prefix sum and hash table. The BQ is generally about the 16 leadership principles.
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Question 1
How do you prioritize tasks when you have multiple deadlines approaching?
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
- First round with Senior SDE
- Second round with Bar Raiser
- Third round with another SDE
It was great experience for me in the first two rounds. The last round was delayed 2 hours, and the interviewers was not nice with candidate at all. The recruitment process is also unprofessional