80+ Amazon Sde1 Interview Questions & Answers | Complete Prep Guide 2025

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Sde1 Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 14 Mar 2023

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

2-4 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Mar 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

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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Round 2 - One-on-one

(1 Question)

Q1. - 2 DSA questions Leetcode Medium - 1 Tree based and 1 Queue based. Need to dry run the solutions on their test cases. - Some Leadership principles questions

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Round 3 - One-on-one

(1 Question)

Q1. - 1 Leetcode Hard DSA question - Heap based question. Need to dry run the solutions on the test cases. - Some leadership,principles questions.

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Round 4 - One-on-one

(1 Question)

Q1. - Some Leadership principles questions. - 1 Hard Leetcode DSA question - Linkedlist based. Need to dry run teset cases

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Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Amazon Sde1 interview:

DSA
Leadership Principles
Trees
Linkedlist
Heaps
queues
Graph

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Doing Leetcode medium level questions and few hard level questions can help a lot.
Prepare for leadership principles questions as well, don't underestimate them.

Sde1 Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 30 Dec 2022

Interview experience

Average

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

Less than 2 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

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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Round 2 - Technical

(2 Questions)

Q1. Tell me about yourself

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Q2. Coding based questions

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Sde1 Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 2 Dec 2022

Interview experience

Excellent

Difficulty level

Process Duration

Result

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

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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Round 2 - Coding Test

All three question were easy and can be found on internet easily

Round 3 - HR

(2 Questions)

Q1. Why do you want to work for us

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Q2. Why amazon not flipkart

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Interview Preparation Tips

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Sde1 Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 6 May 2022

Round 1 - Coding Test

Dynamic Programing, string manipulation

Round 2 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Largest common ancestor

Ans.

Largest common ancestor is the most recent node that is a common ancestor of two or more nodes in a tree.

It is commonly used in computer science and genealogy.
In genealogy, it refers to the most recent common ancestor of two or more individuals.
In computer science, it is used in algorithms for finding the lowest common ancestor of two nodes in a tree.
It can be found using various algorithms such as Tarjan's off-line le...

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Round 3 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Rain water trapping Problem

Ans.

Rain water trapping problem refers to the accumulation of rainwater in low-lying areas or on flat roofs.

The problem can be solved by installing rainwater harvesting systems.
Proper drainage systems can also prevent rainwater trapping.
Green roofs and permeable pavements can help absorb rainwater.
Rain gardens can be created to collect and filter rainwater.
Regular maintenance of gutters and downspouts can prevent clogging ...

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Round 4 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Basic Computer Science concepts

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Most of the rounds focus on Data structure and algorithms skills. Try Practising medium and few hard question from leetcode.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Sde1 Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 9 Sep 2022

Round 1 - Coding Test

It was a part of placement drive, 1st OA than interview. The OA round was super easy I was able to code in minutes.

Round 2 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. 2 Questions were asked. 1. Linked List sorting. 2. DP question.

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Basically they select on the bases of your behaviour, resume and personality.

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Sde1 Interview Questions & Answers

posted on 8 Aug 2022

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. You are given a family tree, and a node, you have to print all the nodes on the same level as it.

Ans.

Given a node in a family tree, print all nodes on the same level.

Traverse the tree level by level using BFS
Keep track of the level of each node while traversing
Print all nodes with the same level as the given node
Example: If the given node is 'John', print all his siblings and cousins

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The interviewer will be friendly and will be there to help you throughout, stay calm, revise your basics of tree/graph/array/strings and you'll do good. Focus mainly on tree/graph questions as almost everyone got asked at least one question relating to that.

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SDE1 FTC

Bangalore / Bengaluru

1-5 Yrs

₹ 12-25 LPA

SDE1 FTC

Hyderabad / Secunderabad

1-5 Yrs

Not Disclosed

SDE1 FTC

Bangalore / Bengaluru

1-5 Yrs

₹ 12-25 LPA

SDE1 FTC

Bangalore / Bengaluru

1-5 Yrs

₹ 12-25 LPA

SDE1 FTC

Hyderabad / Secunderabad

1-5 Yrs

Not Disclosed

Sde1 Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 23 Jun 2024

Interview experience

Excellent

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

4-6 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test

There were 4 rounds, 3 coding and 1 Manager.
Round 1 : String, Arrary, Two pointer
Round 2: Queue and Stack
Round 3: Recursion , backtracking and Dp
Round 4: Behavioural questions and questions about my past project

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Amazon Sde1 interview:

DSA
System Design

Sde1 Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 29 Nov 2022

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

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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Round 2 - Aptitude Test

General aptitude and math, graph theory and problems

Round 3 - Coding Test

Data structures and algorithms, advanced data structures and algorithms

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep calm and data structures and algorithms and math problems

Sde1 Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 11 Aug 2022

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

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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Round 2 - One-on-one

(1 Question)

Q1. Linux Networking Programming

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Linux (core) Networking (IP and Subnet) Programming (OOP)

Sde1 Interview Questions & Answers

posted on 15 May 2022

Round 1 - Coding Test

Round 2 - HR

(1 Question)

Q1. Detailed discussion about your resume

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Round 3 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Database related questions

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare Well be confident about the things you mentioned in your resume.

Amazon Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Amazon Sde1 interview?

Amazon interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Amazon interview process are Coding Test, Technical and Resume Shortlist.

How to prepare for Amazon Sde1 interview?

Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Amazon. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Amazon expect are Basic, Clinical SAS Programming, Manual Testing, Prototype and Team Building.

What are the top questions asked in Amazon Sde1 interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Amazon Sde1 interview -

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