I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2022
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me via email, but would only speak to me after I completed the online assessment (OA) which consisted of a coding piece and a workstyle simulation. OA was two leetcode style questions, one medium, one hard. Workstyle simulation was straightforward. I passed the OA well enough that I got moved directly to the final onsite, which consisted of 4 interviews over 5 hours, each of which had a technical half and a behavioral half. 3 of the technical were coding with syntax highlighting (can't run code) and 1 was system design.
One interviewer didn't like my behavioral answers so he proceeded to undercut every approach I took to the coding question resulting in me not getting any code down in the allotted time.
Had a total of 4 points of contact from HR, which was quite messy. My main recruiter was exceedingly disorganized. She sent me novels regarding how to prep for the onsite, but much of the info she provided was inaccurate or outdated. Example - Amazon recently added two new leadership principles, which were covered in a module on the jobs site, but not in the PDFs sent to me by my recruiter. Additionally, she initially described the onsite technical interviews as though all 4 were going to be system design with no coding. I had to correct her on this since that didn't seem to make any sense.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an example of a time when something you tried to accomplish and failed.
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.
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