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Amazon Software Development Engineer II Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 17 Mar 2025

Top Amazon Software Development Engineer II Interview Questions and Answers

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Amazon Software Development Engineer II Interview Experiences

30 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Graph questions ( medium ) and two pointer question ( easy )

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare DSA skills
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

DFS and Recursion, Leetcode hard questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

Given [rock, rockstar, star, ar], return an array where the words are composites of the other words in the array.

  • Q1. What did you do at your current job?
  • Q2. Experiences of system design?
  • Ans. 

    Experiences in system design include designing scalable and efficient software architectures.

    • Experience in designing software architectures to meet scalability and performance requirements

    • Understanding of system components and their interactions

    • Ability to optimize system design for efficiency and maintainability

    • Experience with tools and techniques for system design such as UML diagrams and design patterns

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Designing car cleaning service
  • Ans. 

    Design a car cleaning service with various packages and add-on services for customers to choose from.

    • Offer different packages such as basic wash, interior cleaning, waxing, etc.

    • Provide add-on services like carpet shampooing, leather conditioning, headlight restoration, etc.

    • Allow customers to customize their service by selecting specific options they need.

    • Implement a loyalty program to reward repeat customers with disco...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Design a movie booking system
  • Ans. 

    Design a movie booking system for users to book tickets for movies at various theaters.

    • Users can search for movies by title, genre, or theater location.

    • Users can select seats and showtimes for the movie they want to watch.

    • System should handle payment processing and seat reservations.

    • Admins can manage movie listings, theater information, and user bookings.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. Clarify whether HLD / LLD
2. Do focus on what is asked. If time permits, show your extra knowledge.
3. Always start with customer requierment. Think aloud and align first on scope.
4. For LLD come up with class diagram, entities, apis
5. Do practice the case studies online.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Duration: 2hrs
Platform: Hackerrank/Hackerearth
Type:DS/Algo (Graph, LinkedList, Array)

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1hr, DS/Algo, Behavorial
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1hr, System Design, Behavorial
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Bar Raiser, DS/Algo, System Design, Behavorial

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be clear with basics. Share your contribution. Answer with numbers/impact.

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Medium of leetcode, graph based questions

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in May 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Online assessment with 2 DSA questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design Alerting Monitoring System
  • Ans. 

    Design a system to monitor and alert on system performance and health metrics.

    • Define key metrics to monitor such as CPU usage, memory usage, disk space, network traffic

    • Implement monitoring agents to collect data from servers and applications

    • Set up alerting rules based on thresholds for each metric

    • Integrate with notification systems like email, SMS, or Slack for alerts

    • Provide a dashboard for visualization of real-time a

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Binary Tree questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Development Engineer II Jobs at Amazon

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Medium complex problems
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Medium complex problems
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. System design questions
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioural questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview in Sep 2024, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. Snake and Ladder bfs Leetcode
  • Q2. Amazon leadership principles
  • Ans. 

    Amazon's leadership principles guide decision-making and company culture, emphasizing customer obsession and innovation.

    • Customer Obsession: Always start with the customer and work backwards. For example, Amazon Prime was developed based on customer feedback.

    • Invent and Simplify: Encourage innovation and simplify processes. The development of Alexa showcases this principle.

    • Hire and Develop the Best: Focus on recruiting t...

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why do you want to join amazon ?
  • Ans. 

    I want to join Amazon because of its innovative culture, vast opportunities for growth, and impact on global e-commerce.

    • Innovative culture: Amazon is known for its cutting-edge technology and constant drive for innovation.

    • Opportunities for growth: Amazon offers a wide range of career paths and development programs for employees to advance their skills and knowledge.

    • Impact on global e-commerce: Amazon is a leader in the...

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Product of array except self
  • Ans. 

    Calculate product of all elements in array except the element itself

    • Iterate through array to calculate product of all elements except current element

    • Use two arrays to store products of elements to the left and right of current element

    • Multiply corresponding elements from left and right arrays to get final product

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Word Ladder from leetcode
  • Ans. 

    Word Ladder is a popular problem on LeetCode where you have to find the shortest transformation sequence from start to end word.

    • Use BFS to explore all possible transformations from the start word to the end word.

    • Build a graph where each word is a node and there is an edge between two words if they differ by one character.

    • Keep track of visited words to avoid revisiting them and use a queue for BFS traversal.

    • Return the l...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Amazon Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Amazon Software Development Engineer II interview?
Amazon interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Amazon interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Amazon Software Development Engineer II 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 Architectural Design, Clinical SAS Programming, C++, Customer Experience Management and Java.
What are the top questions asked in Amazon Software Development Engineer II interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Amazon Software Development Engineer II interview -

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  2. How many users did your system ha...read more
  3. Can you describe how a hashmap wor...read more
How long is the Amazon Software Development Engineer II interview process?

The duration of Amazon Software Development Engineer II interview process can vary, but typically it takes about 2-4 weeks to complete.

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Amazon Software Development Engineer II Interview Process

based on 36 interviews

3 Interview rounds

  • Coding Test Round
  • Technical Round
  • One-on-one Round
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Amazon Software Development Engineer II Salary
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₹22 L/yr - ₹91 L/yr
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Amazon Software Development Engineer II Reviews and Ratings

based on 48 reviews

2.8/5

Rating in categories

3.4

Skill development

2.2

Work-life balance

4.0

Salary

2.2

Job security

2.3

Company culture

2.5

Promotions

2.7

Work satisfaction

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Software Development Engineer II

Hyderabad / Secunderabad

3-6 Yrs

₹ 17-94 LPA

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3-7 Yrs

₹ 17-96 LPA

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