Amazon Systems Development Engineer interview questions
Updated May 21, 2026
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Systems Development Engineer 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.
Candidates applying for Systems Development Engineer roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 29 days.
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
The online test was not that hard. After that, they asked for a Phone screen. The Phone screen consisted of 2 LP questions and then a coding task related to a log file, and I need to extract data from the log file using Python. Although I finished the code, I still got a rejection afterwards. No leetcode style questions, which I found odd.
First round initial Online Assessment 2 coding questions leet code easy, Second Round Technical round with 30 minutes coding and 30 minutes Behavioral round, I got rejected at round 2.
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Question 1
coding Related using Linux and Python.
You need to get a file from linux server and validate with the current file you have
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (North Reading, MA) in Oct 2024
Interview
It was okay, asked me to turn on the video while they didn't had their videos on then asked me screen share during the activity which was kinda weird. I think it was just a bogus interview.
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Question 1
Draw a PLC diagram where you find the biggest number among 5 numbers.