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 through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
It was very fluid and seamless. The only focus was on coding, but they also listened to the thought process, asking me to speak out loud. They also expected me to have an optimized solution, after coming up with the brute force method. Based on my verbal reply, I was allowed to go on for the coding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string representation of time, convert it to 24 hour time.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Neu-Delhi) in Aug 2020
Interview
Online test, 3 Technical rounds, Hr round.
First you need to qualify the online test. Then go through 3 coding rounds and finally a manger round. Each round test your technical proficiency. Initially they test DSA, then they ask your project related questions.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Data Structures and Algorithms questions were there.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Singapur) in Oct 2018
Interview
Contacted by a recruiter for a SDE position for Amazon Alexa US, WA, Seattle
The first round is online 60 mins coding accessment of 2 questions (easy to medium difficulty)
The 2nd round is 4 hours onsite interview, very intensive algo questions + coding + behaviour questions.