Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE I) interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Apr 2025
Interview
The interview process consisted of multiple technical rounds. It started with an online coding assessment focusing on data structures and algorithms, followed by two technical interviews that involved problem-solving, system design basics, and core CS concepts like OS, DBMS, and OOP. One round also involved a discussion about my projects and past internship experience. The final round was with a senior engineer and focused on debugging and code optimization.
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Q: Find the kth largest element in an unsorted array.
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Q: Find the number of islands in a 2D grid (DFS/BFS-based problem).
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2025
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First round was one technical coding question and one Behavioural Question. Second round was just a coding question. And third round was entirely behavioural. Behavioral rounds can be tricky. You share one story and they will ask you more questions based on it.
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Have you ever had a conflict with a teammate and how did you handle it?
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2025
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I got an interview invitation for a new grad SDE role after an OA and then I have a three round loop interview on a single day. I did well in all three rounds but unfortunately I haven't received an offer.
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Round 1: This round was completely Behavioral the interviewer asked three question and I have answered those in STAR format from my previous experiences
Round 2: it was a mix of Algorithms and Behavioral the first 30min was a technical question and the interviewer asked me to design a generic xmlNode class in and it should be adaptable and can be used to create any kind of an xml document. It should also have a toString method implemented which will print that entire xml nodes in pretty print format with nesting and proper attributes for each tag. and then the last 30 mins was a behavioral he asked to question which related to the leadership principles and I have given my answers in STAR format.
Round 3: this was completely a technical coding interview the interviewer asked me two questions the first question was 703. Kth largest element from a stream. and Union find (Disjoint sets) question.