Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE I) interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 7 months. I interviewed at Amazon (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2025
Interview
3 Rounds total.
I applied for the role Sep 2024, received OA on Mar 2025 from the recruiter.
1 Technical + behavioral
2 Techical + Behaviorial
3 Bar riser
OA had 2 questions and was little hard but I was able to clear all test cases for 1st question and 7/15 for the 2nd question
Got response scheduled for interview on April.
Interviewer was really nice and had lot of patience.
Q1 tech: Binary tree, print in zigzag.
A. I was barely able to finish it. I knew the logic but couldn't code it completely.
Q2&3 Behavior: Both I did pretty well
Got rejection mail 2 days later
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in Mar 2025
Interview
the first round start with your resume..make sure your resume meet the requirement as it need to be cleared.then the first round is technical round where they ask leetcode hard and dp so prepare well in these concepts
1 OA followed by 2 interviews. 1st interview is based on DSA. Topics: DP, trees, graphs. These are medium level problems. 2nd interview consisted of 1 DSA and situtaional based questions and personal projects.
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Tell me about a challenge you faced and what is your role and the outcome?