Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026
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Gave the OA. 1 medium, and 1 hard leetcode question. Behavior was easy.
Got an email to schedule the interview, never heard back. After months of emailing they told that role has been closed.
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Tell me about a time you had to manage multiple stakeholders at once.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2025
Interview
three rounds back-to-back (3-4hours), first is BQ round, next two are coding rounds. they prefer BFS or DFS style coding, and heap. medium to hard level. no original questions on leetcode, the questions are a little bit long.
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Tell me about a challenge.
tell me a trade-off decision.
very typical BQ on amazon interviews
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2022
Interview
Started with a recruiter call. Follow-up was a single hour long technical interview. After that was scheduled for a 5 hour-long onsite interviews in a day. No take home interview at any point.
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Question 1
Questions were based on Amazon Leadership Principles and focused heavily around that. I don't feel comfortable sharing specifics.