Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE I interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Los Angeles, CA) in Feb 2025
Interview
Here’s a quick breakdown of my interview process:
🔹 Round 1 - Online Assessment (OA):
This consisted of coding problems, debugging exercises, and a work simulation designed to assess problem-solving skills and alignment with Amazon’s Leadership Principles.
🔹 Round 2 - Final Interviews (3 rounds, 1 hour each):
Interview 1: Focused on Leadership Principles (LP) – I was asked three LP questions with deep follow-ups.
Interview 2: A mix of two LP questions and one Leetcode Medium-level coding problem.
30-minute break
Interview 3: One LP question followed by a Leetcode Hard-level coding problem.
Both coding problems were from Amazon-tagged Leetcode questions from the last 30 days, and I successfully solved them along with all LP questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Dhanbād) in Mar 2025
Interview
oa, interview, On campus opportunity
The shortlisting was there based on resume and basic dsa questions were asked in the interview. Total 12 people were selected from our campus. Questions were intermediate level.
complete two technical questions followed by 20 minutes of Systems Design scenarios and an 8-minute multiple choice complete two technical questions followed by 20 minutes of Systems Design scenarios and an 8-minute multiple choice