Amazon Systems Development Engineer interview questions
Updated May 21, 2026
based on 59 ratings
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Mostly positive
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44%
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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.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Systems Development Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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Asked OOD Question.
Build an Interface for linux find functionality.
Ex. find takes filters like Size Filters (Less than 10MB, or Greater Than 20MB).
Type Filters (PNG Files, TXT Files)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Build an Interface for linux find functionality.
Ex. find takes filters like Size Filters (Less than 10MB, or Greater Than 20MB).
Type Filters (PNG Files, TXT Files)
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jul 2024
Interview
Starts with an email intro to Amazon's own recruitment person, followed by an email interview, followed by a timed online coding test. If you get through these, you may or may not be selected for a telephone interview. If you get through that, you'll ve asked to come in a be interviewed by a panel.
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Question 1
Email interview - passed this.
Coding test - passed this.
Peronality test - passed this
Short-listing - passed this
Next stage - they chose someone else :)
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Amazon interview process was so smooth and good. There were 1 online assessment round and 1 technical and 1 technical+hr round. In tech+hr round they are asking about their leadership principle.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online Assessment : 1 coding question of euler totient function and several mcqs