Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2025
Interview
round 1: OA. Cleared in November 2024
No word until Feb 2025 when I was told I am scheduled for interviews, only for them to write me back a week later saying that email was sent "by mistake" and should not be considered. Had another recruiter reach out in early march and took a whole month to schedule loop round.
Round 2 - Loop.
Interview 1 was with Senior SDE, tested on System Design and LPs.
Interview 2, 3 with engineering managers. Interview 2 was focussed solely on DSA, interview 3 solely on LPs.
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Leetcode 239 - Sliding Window Maximum (Hard) straight out of LC, no modifications
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2025
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Before getting considered for an interview, you will need to pass an OA.
The interview process will consist of 3 interviews.
The first interview was 2 coding questions.
The second interview was 2 behavioral questions and a LLD question.
The third interview was 2-3 behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was there a time that you failed and what did you do about it?
Interview process was straightforward and simple. OA + Loop (3 rounds). Round One - 3 LP Principles, Round Two - 2 Leetcode problems ( stack and linkedlist), Round Three - 2 LP + 1 Leetcode (graph). You can definitely expect leetcode amazon tagged questions