Amazon Software Development Engineer II interview questions
Updated May 9, 2026
based on 293 ratings
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Employee Referral
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2%
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Software Development Engineer II applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Herndon, VA) in Sep 2016
Interview
First had a phone screen then was flown in for an on-site interview. Was a smooth process and great communication from recruiter all the way. Received offer the next day after interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Signed NDA, but they tell you what you prepare for -- Amazon Leadership Principles and Data Structures / Algorithms CS coding type questions
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Redwood City, CA)
Interview
Had a first call with recruiter. Second call was with the hiring manager who seemed least interested in taking the interview. She asked me couple of algorithms and scalability related questions.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2017
Interview
Got an a call with the recruiter after a phone call. Recruiter was very nice, the best I have ever worked with. Very honest and straightforward. We set up a technical phone interview. After the interview, we set up an onsite. The onsite was pretty standard and basically what I expected: heavy focus on behavioral and technical. I would say the split was 60-40. Questions were fairly standard and on the easy side.
Interview questions [6]
Question 1
Phone Interview: Lots of technical questions around how technologies work. A lot of it was conceptual. No algorithmic questions.