Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026
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Submitted application online, received OA with general aptitude, coding problems and leadership principle based questions. Later got interview scheduled, it was 3 virtual rounds with 1 being coding based, another was completely behavioral and third was a mix of both. questions were pretty average
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Bangalore Rural) in Sep 2025
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The interview process was structured and intense but fair. It consisted of multiple rounds focusing on data structures, algorithms, system design, and behavioral questions aligned with leadership principles. Interviewers expected clear thinking, tradeoff analysis, and strong communication throughout.
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Question 1
Design a scalable backend system to handle millions of concurrent users while ensuring low latency and high availability.
It was pretty straightforward involving a leetcode question that is commonly asked related to a graph traversal involving a dependency chain with some follow ups including runtime and space complexity
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was pretty straightforward involving a leetcode question that is commonly asked related to a graph traversal involving a dependency chain with some follow ups including runtime and space complexity