Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE I) interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Aug 2025
Interview
Prior to the round there was an initial screening after passing it there was an OA round in which there were 2 DSA questions which were of medium difficulty and after that there was an Amazon work style questiosn and behavioral question
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Dublin, Dublin) in Sep 2024
Interview
The process started with an online assessment that had two coding tasks and a work-style section. After I passed that, I joined a virtual onsite with three interviews. Two rounds focused on data structures and algorithms. One round focused on behavioral questions tied to Amazon’s Leadership Principles. The coding rounds were strict about explaining the approach clearly. One of them included a variant of the Sudoku verification problem, which I struggled with under pressure.
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Question 1
They asked me to implement a function that checks whether a given Sudoku board is valid.
3 rounds of medium-hard difficulty
Round 1 will be about dsa
Round 2 will still be about dsa + resume
Round 3 will have behavior hr core kind of questions
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Question 1
Word ladder problem
Rotten oranges
Coin exchange 2