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      Software Development Engineer Intern Interview

      16 Mar 2014
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2014

      Interview

      Applied through their website in late November. Received an email from a recruiter in early February to set up two 45 minute back to back interviews. Was only given two time options on the same day (four days from receipt of the email). The interviews were almost entirely technical, consisting of questions about data structures and the Big O of their inserts, removes, indexing etc. Then a coding question where they give you a prompt and you solve it through CollabEdit. They watch everything you type, and you're supposed to talk through your logic as well. Then they ask the Big O of your solution, then they ask if you can think of any ways you can make your solution get a better Big O. One of my interviewers was somewhat rude when he asked me questions about things I hadn't learned in school yet. The other interviewer was VERY nice and friendly, but he seemed unprepared. I emailed my recruiter two weeks later thanking him and asking for an update. Received an email less than an hour later that seemed very positive, saying they were hoping to get back to me soon and asking if I could extend any other offer deadlines. Received the 'thanks-but-no-thanks' email two weeks after that (4 total weeks after my interview). I had already received and accepted a generous offer from another company by that time. The slow hiring process is ridiculous and irritating for students who are interviewing with multiple companies. I interviewed with two companies after my interview with Amazon and received offers from both before Amazon got back to me.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      The questions were pretty simple and straightforward. - Make a function to test whether a number is a binary palindrome. - Make a hotdog ordering system. - another that I can't remember.
      Answer question
      3

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      Software Development Engineer Intern Interview

      17 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Vancouver, BC
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC)

      Interview

      One online assessment and one virtual interview included a coding round and leadership principle questions; overall, the process was fairly straightforward and not overly challenging for me throughout the experience.

      Software Development Engineer Intern Interview

      14 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Bellevue, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (Bellevue, WA)

      Interview

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      Software Development Engineer Intern Interview

      23 Mar 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Seattle, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      Pretty difficult OA didn't need to get full score. One round technical interview with SDE. Interview was pretty easy, most people I knew at school and friends ended up passing the interview. Took about 1 month to hear back after interview

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Know how to implement DFS and BFS well
      Answer question