Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026
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I got a call from an Amazon recruiter as I was referred by one of my friends for the role. She sent me the coding test link which I had to complete within a week. Once I completed the test, I got a call to schedule the interviews in two weeks. 3 interviews were held on Amazon Chime as per schedule. Post that after 4-5 days, the hr informed me that they would like to proceed with the final bar raiser round, which happened in a couple of days. Following are the questions that were asked:
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We are given the costs of a list of pants, shirts, shoes, skirts. We have a certain amount of cash with us, we need to determine the total number of possible combinations which we can buy given that we must buy one and only one of each type.
Tech screen followed by three hour interview. Tech screen had three parts, debugging followed by peer code followed by a behavioral section. The in person had two leetcode style problems and one more open ended.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2020
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three phases of OA: 1. debug questions. 2. 2 coding questions. 3. behavior questions, mock workplace interview. the third part is not easy at all. the first two parts are just like what other people talked about.
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Question 1
how to handle a situation in code review (a situation is given to you)