Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) 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 (Syracuse, NY) in Jan 2020
Interview
The coding question asked was not really difficult to solve but the fact that the solution had to be optimal made it harder to complete the problem. Prepare for the time and space complexity as well
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2020
Interview
Online assesment with two coding questions then survey including leadership prencipiles.
The first question is you have a shopping card with secret cards when the customer by a new product the items saved in list and if the shopping card orders equals the secret card the customer will win otherwise will loose
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
1 st round written round in which there were around 5 sections, 1st section quant, 2nd section logical, 3rd section checking professionally fit or not, 4th section coding and 5th section review.
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The interview process is very unique . Some questions regarding page fault, thrashing then a programming question to count the number of directories.