Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) I interview questions
Updated Jun 9, 2026
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) I applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Neu-Delhi) in Oct 2020
Interview
30 students were selected for the interview and I was one of them. There were 2 interview rounds and I was rejected after the first one. I explained the approach correctly but made a mistake in one of the question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1.Check the tree is BST
2. No. of pairs having sum k in an array
Not bad, the questions are not hard to answer. The interviewers are nice and the overall experience is good. Amazon is a good company. They only ask professional questions. Today is a nice day.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Feb 2021
Interview
3 step initial assessment. Step 1 was debugging, step 2 was coding and step 3 was a virtual assessment where we made decisions based on certain actions. If the initial assessment is successfully passed, then there is a final interview with 3 software engineers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you were a deadline was very close and you had limited information.