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Amazon SDE (Software Development Engineer) Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 8 Mar 2023

Top Amazon SDE (Software Development Engineer) Interview Questions and Answers

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Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 4-6 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Feb 2023.

5 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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2

Coding Test Round

60 mins, 2 Coding questions general Leetcode medium ones

3

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Alien Dictionary with slight modification to sort list of words with some random order
  • Q2. Leetcode easy question based on math and arrays
4

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Simple Binary search with some edge case handling on a straight forward problem
5

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Hiring Manager round, discussion went on LP and one technical question based on stacks implementation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Leetcode mediums are a simlpe yet effective way to make most out of the technical discussions and dont be disheartened on rejections even in the very later stage of the process. This is something not in your control keep your head up high and evolve !

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
2
 Poor
Difficulty level
 Hard
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Oct 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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2

Coding Test Round

2 CODING QUESTIONS IN ONE HOIR TIME DURATION

3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. 1.BIT MANIPULATION 2. BASIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING QUESTION TOTAL TIME DURATION - 1HR
  • Q2. BASIC- OOPS, DBMS, COMPUTER NETWORKING QUESTIONS.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - PREPARE STANDARD DATA STRUCTURES QUESTIONS.
FOCUS ON BEST APPROACH

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I applied via campus placement at Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University and was interviewed in Aug 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

1 hr, 2 questions, Arrays prefix sum and slide window, Greedy and DP.

2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. 1. Basic Intro 2. Question regarding the greedy approach to filling gaps in the elements. You have been provided with 3 arguments of n, m, o, you can use at mos...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Amazon SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview:
  • DSA
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and Share the thinking pattern with the interviewer

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in May 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Coding test had 3 questions of medium to hard difficulty level, also has MCQ to find right answer

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Discussion on first string question followed by tree question.
  • Q2. String was solved using dynamic programming and simple tree traversal in reverse. Use GFG for detailed explanation.
3

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary kitna loge ? Discuss karlein ?
  • Q2. CTC is around 44 LPA, base is around 15LPA

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Amazon SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview:
  • Tree
  • Graph
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Study graph and tree, they are their favourite. Practice leet code every day and then the interview will be a cake walk.

Amazon interview questions for designations

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 (40)

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 (39)

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 (16)

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 (15)

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 (30)

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 (23)

 Software Development Engineer 1

 (10)

 Software Development Engineer 3

 (3)

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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2

Coding Test Round

Questions related to oops and binary tree (leetcode medium)

3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Question on binary tree and dp
  • Q2. Merge overlapping intervals

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - practice leetcode and geeks for geeks . do computer science fundamentals from gate smashers

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jan 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

1. Two Leetcode medium Level Questions
2. First one was based on Strings manipulation, hashmaps.
3. Second one was based on DFS/BFS.

2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. 1. Amazon Leadership principles (IMP) 2. Snakes and Ladder question (Leetcode) 3. Questions related to project and previous work
3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. 1. Amazon Leadership principle 2. Question based on Tree(House Robber) 3. Question based on Game Theory

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice DSA day and night and be confident.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Easy questions both were from string concept

2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Graph and DP question - had to code it live

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Amazon had only 2 rounds. Both were technical rounds after which students were selected for 6-month internship.

Quality Assurance Engineer | SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview

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posted on 13 Mar 2022

4 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

2

Coding Test Round

3

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. About project worked in last year
4

Coding Test Round

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Follow basic Data structure and explore multiple approaches. Think aloud.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

They asked you near by30 apptitude question

3

Aptitude Test Round

ARITHMETIC GPRAHICDesigner

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - PREPARATION COURSE FOR GIRLFRIEND IN THE SECOND TIME TO ME TO ME AND ALSO THE SAME

Amazon Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Amazon SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview?
Amazon interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Amazon interview process are Coding Test, Technical and One-on-one Round.
What are the top questions asked in Amazon SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Amazon SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview -

  1. Write a program to calculate the sum of level order t...read more
  2. Alien Dictionary with slight modification to sort list of words with some rando...read more
  3. Maximum continous sum in an array of integ...read more

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