I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2015
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter and after an initial screening, i was given an online test to complete.
Once i submitted that, i was informed that i cleared the test and was invited over to Seattle for the onsite interview.
The interview was a very positive experience. I had 5 interviews each 45-mins in Seattle. 4 of them included white board coding and 1 was purely behavioral.
It was a very positive experience for me overall. However i did feel a bit bad about the way one of the interviewers behaved.
i was writing on the whiteboard and i turned to explain, i saw the interviewer rolling her/his eyes at me. that was a real mood killer and my confidence did a nose-dive. I had heard that amazon trained their interviewers extensively and this particular behavior was surprising to say the least and left a bad taste.
I was able to give solutions for every single problem in all these interview sessions and had thought i might get an offer. Unfortunately, i did not get through !
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Other Software Development Engineer II Interview Reviews for Amazon
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2026
Interview
There were a total of 2 rounds:
The first round was with an SDE II on Data Structures/Algo - Leet code questions mainly
The second rounds was with an SDM Behavioral/System Design - Leadership principles and past work experience impact.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2026
Interview
Recruiter explicitly mentioned that the Technical Phone Screen interview did not contain any Behavioral question but the interviewer definitely asked 3 behavioral questions.
The coding problem was utterly garbage, it was a pretty trivial problem that anyone that knows DFS would be able to solve. That is not appropriate for a SDE 2 role. Not even useful to demonstrate candidate skills
PS: They care a lot more about what you've accomplished than whatever you can accomplish based on your skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about a time when you had to meet a tight deadline
2. Tell me about a time when you had to do more than what you were required to do
3. Tell me about a time where you made a significant impact on a customer
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Sep 2025
Interview
5 rounds of interviews
1. OA (2 Medium Hard Questions along with some Work Related Assessment which tested design related concepts)
2. HLD
3. DSA
4. LLD
5. Bar Raiser
Technically, the questions were of medium difficulty and with good polish, you should be able to solve these questions. The main challenge in Amazon is of the Leadership Principles which involve citing real work experience in the STAR format.