Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2021
Interview
Two leetcode medium-easy problems. I ran out of time for part 1, debugging though. Don't overthink it. Part three wasn't that bad. They give you a good amount of time to answer the behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
return all two sum pairs
validate one BST is a subtree of another
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Nov 2020
Interview
There were 2 technical rounds at Amazon. First one consisted of simple data structure questions and the second one was bit tough, involving some good understanding of stack and DP. But these questions I found on lee code.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
In first round the interview asked me that you work in amazon and have to make module where you have to deal with large dataset of mobile phone . Then asked to write code for different queries like mobile phone having price above 15000. Then, if data is frequently being added how will you carry on, which dataset will you use.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Sunnyvale, CA) in Dec 2020
Interview
Scheduling was smooth, they're very flexible.
Phone screen: behavioral, talk about your current job, why you're leaving it, what do you want to achieve.
Onsite: 4 rounds, 3 LeetCode medium and hard, 1 Object Oriented Design. 2-3 Leadership Principles for all rounds
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Could you give an example of a situation where you had to dive deep into problem in order to find a solution?
Why Amazon?
Recursions, Backtracking prob