Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2025
Interview
I received a Online Assessment that contained a Technical Portion, which was two questions and 90 minutes to solve them. Then a Work Simulation which had a time limit of 4 hours. After that I moved onto the Onsite Interview which consisted of three rounds over a 3 hour period.
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Question 1
Given a string "abaca" minimum number of operations to make the string empty.
example:
operation 1: remove b -> aaca
operation 2: remove c -> aaa
operation 3: since all the a's are together remove all a's at once
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2023
Interview
For Contractors :
Round 1 : Online Assessment
2 hackerrank questions with language of your choice
Round 2: Front-end question HTML based
Round 3: Design question
Question related to Map
Round 4 : Hiring manager Round
Behavioral round + system Design
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Question 1
Self introduction
Behavioral Questions : Amazon Leadership principles, Answer in STAR format
Cannot disclose exact questions but leetcode medium questions
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
The technical portion wasn't all bad. They were both medium LeetCode problems at best. Don't slack on preparing for the behavioral. Always prepare multiple work scenarios and if you are an entry level, don't be afraid to include academic or non-technical job scenarios. Just make sure they reflect their leadership principles.
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Question 1
Find the number of common integers in two binary search trees with same amount of integers. (I think)