Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Apr 2024
Interview
I applied through the Amazon Careers Portal on November 12, 2024, for the Software Development Engineer I role under Amazon University Talent Acquisition.
I received the Online Assessment (OA) link on November 21, 2024, with a deadline of five days to complete it.
Online Assessment (OA)
The OA consisted of three parts:
DSA Problems: One easy and one medium problem. I finished both in 20 minutes.
Work Simulation Round: This had 5–6 modules where I was bombarded with emails and had to select appropriate responses. It also included real-world problem-solving, like debugging an issue where a product page wasn’t loading. This round was mainly design to assess my decision-making and leadership principles.
Behavioral Questions: Multiple-choice format where I had to pick the most likely and least likely responses to different workplace scenarios.
I felt the OA went well, and on November 25, I received an email asking me to fill out a survey to be considered for the next stage.
Interview Rounds
Round 1 (December 2, 2024, 11 AM — 12 PM)
This was a DSA round with a very senior engineer as the interviewer. I was asked only one question on Graphs, where I had to code everything from input handling to output printing. The choice of data structure was important.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Round 2 (December 16, 2024, 11 AM — 12 PM)
This was another DSA round, where I was given a problem based on maps (hash tables). It was an easy-level question and I solved it without much trouble.
After clearing this, I received a call scheduling my third round on the same day at 2 PM.
Round 3 (December 16, 2024, 2 PM — 3 PM) — System Design
The system design question was:
Design a bookstore system where multiple books exist, and you need to return the count of a particular word(fictional character) appearing in a specific book.
I had to define the classes, objects, and methods I would use. I structured my solution well, and the interviewer seemed impressed. After this, we discussed my projects, where I explained my contributions, problem-solving approach, and impact.
This round went smoothly, and I was soon notified about the final round.
Round 4 (December 17, 2024, 5 PM — 6 PM)
This was a mixed technical + deep-dive round.
The interviewer first asked about my work at my company, diving deep into the tech stack, architecture, and design choices I had worked on.
After 40 minutes of discussion, he said there was still time left, so we moved on to a DSA problem.
The question was a medium-level Sliding Window problem.
I solved it, and that concluded my interview process.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
The interview process consisted of 3 rounds – 1 Behavioral (Leadership Principles focused) and 2 Technical (DSA + System Design/Problem Solving). Amazon heavily emphasizes both problem-solving skills and alignment with their Leadership Principles (LPs), so preparation was balanced across Leetcode and LP-based behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time where you had to disagree with your superior