Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions

The process was broken into 3 parts. After applying in April, I did the online assessment (LeetCode-style coding + workplace simulation) later that month. In August, I received an invite for a 3-round interview: Round 1 (Behavioral + LLD): A couple of Leadership Principle questions, plus a simple low-level design question (“Pizza Shop”). Round 2 (Coding): One LeetCode Hard (BFS/DFS + topological sort). Couldn’t run code in their IDE, so I had to walk through it mentally. Round 3 (Behavioral): LP-focused, mostly building off one story. Overall, structured but tougher than expected, especially the coding round.