I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Jun 2016
Interview
Applied through referral turnaround time for it was short. The question asked were simple but i felt to write error free code on paper was difficult. Interview also got preponed at the last day by 1 hour , missed the first round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1st rounf f2f:
1. Given a snake ladder board , with the dice with favourable outcome. Find the minimum number of dice draws required to reach 100th position starting from 0. There are snakes and ladder in the game
2. Give K Sorted array , finally merge sort them.
3. Given a linked list with loop find the point where loop starts.
2nd round f2f:
Design a time based validation check that can be applied to api, for example hitting google's map api more then 50 times in a minute will result in error, similarly design a system that checks in the no of calls that are happing in the sliding windows of given size.
3rd round design:
Design a realtime ranking system , for example given a app like candy crush i would like to display user his current rank , globally, country wise etc
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2026
Interview
There were a total of 2 rounds:
The first round was with an SDE II on Data Structures/Algo - Leet code questions mainly
The second rounds was with an SDM Behavioral/System Design - Leadership principles and past work experience impact.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2026
Interview
Recruiter explicitly mentioned that the Technical Phone Screen interview did not contain any Behavioral question but the interviewer definitely asked 3 behavioral questions.
The coding problem was utterly garbage, it was a pretty trivial problem that anyone that knows DFS would be able to solve. That is not appropriate for a SDE 2 role. Not even useful to demonstrate candidate skills
PS: They care a lot more about what you've accomplished than whatever you can accomplish based on your skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about a time when you had to meet a tight deadline
2. Tell me about a time when you had to do more than what you were required to do
3. Tell me about a time where you made a significant impact on a customer
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Sept 2025
Interview
5 rounds of interviews
1. OA (2 Medium Hard Questions along with some Work Related Assessment which tested design related concepts)
2. HLD
3. DSA
4. LLD
5. Bar Raiser
Technically, the questions were of medium difficulty and with good polish, you should be able to solve these questions. The main challenge in Amazon is of the Leadership Principles which involve citing real work experience in the STAR format.