I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in May 2021
Interview
I was approached by HR for an opening in Bengaluru location and after resume screening, I was sent an online test link which had two parts - coding and work style assessment. I asked for time and was given a week time. I attempted and solved both the programming questions - all the test cases passed. Work style assessment had behavioural kind of questions which of course has no right answers as such. Within 1 hour of submission, I received an automated mail saying that they will not proceed with my candidature without stating the reason.
HR is not responding to the mails and I never bothered to call her.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Movies that can be played during flight time
2. Grouping the friends
In the behavioural part, questions like: (had to select which describes me the most - more like me or most like me)
- I dont give up on my goals: Most like me, more like me
- I overcome my difficulties very easily: More like me, most like me
And similar 50 questions
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.