Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Dallas, TX) in Aug 2025
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Application Timeline – New Grad SDE 1
June 5, 2025 – Submitted application for the New Grad SDE 1 position.
June 19, 2025 – Received coding assessment consisting of two Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA) questions on HackerRank.
July 1, 2025 – Received email notification of selection for interviews.
August 6, 2025 – Attended three interview rounds:
Round 1: Two DSA problems.
Round 2: One DSA problem followed by situational and behavioral questions.
Round 3 (Bar Raiser): Entirely situational and behavioral interview focused on Leadership Principles.
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Question 1
Tell me about a situation where you took ownership of a critical issue?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxemburg) in Sep 2021
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I had online assignment with 2 tasks to complete under 1 hour. After that I had a call with a recruiter asking me basic questions about data structures. After that I was invited to on-site interview. No phone screen. On-site loop consisted of 4 interviews (3 coding tasks and 1 system design). Coding tasks were of Medium LeetCode difficulty. Each interview had 1 behavioral question.
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Question 1
During the call with recruiter I was asked basic technical questions, like what data structure would you use for a phone book.
Round 1 - DSA
https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-k-sorted-lists/description/
LP : Bias for action,dive deep
Round 2 - LLD
Design Parking Lot
System should be able to handle different parking ways
System should be able to different pricing models.
LP: Insist on high standard,deliver result
Round 3 - HLD (Hiring manager round)
Design Slack
LP: ownership,earn trust
Round 4: DSA (bar raiser round)
https://leetcode.com/problems/lru-cache/description/
LP: learn be curious,customer obessesion