Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) I interview questions
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The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY)
Interview
Starts with online assessment and a loop of three interviews. Learnt a lot during the interview and the interviewers were friendly and hope to get one more chance soon to crack it
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Tell me about a time you handled a critical situation in your project
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Ciudad de Mexico) in Sep 2025
Interview
Primero te envían un Assesment con dos ejercicios de código y unas cuantas preguntas de comportamiento, después de eso a la semana o dos semanas aproximadamente te vuelven a contactar en el caso de que tus assessments hayan ido bien, para pasar al siguiente filtro que ya es una entrevista técnica (un ejercicio de código) junto con un manager de Amazon, ya si todo va bien te contactan para la última ronda de entrevistas, en mi caso son tres seguidas de una hora cada una aproximadamente, en estas rondas son un conjunto de preguntas de los principios de liderazgo de Amazon y de resolver problemas de algoritmos y data Structures.
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Menciona la vez que tuviste un problema en tu equipo y como lo solucionaste.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Sunnyvale, CA) in Sep 2025
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Applied for the job via Amazon.jobs website. I was sent on OA to complete about an hour after applying for the role. I then took the OA a few days later, which seems to have new changes to combat AI usage (good by Amazon) during these coding interviews.
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System Design and Leadership Principles Question, 1 LeetCode Medium and 1 LeetCode Hard difficulty problem with Amazon style.