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      Software Development Engineer (SDE) Interview

      20 Apr 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2024

      Interview

      I was contacted by a recruiter who said I could be a potential fit. Was required to complete OA which had 2 (1 medium 1 hard) coding challenges. I failed 1 test case on the first question. On the second question I did a brute force solution that was probably correct but didn't pass the performance test cases. I thought I wouldn't pass but I was then scheduled for final loop interview with 1 month to prepare. They email a good amount of prep material on coding, behavioral, and system design interviews. They understand the interviews are difficult and want you to succeed. My loop interview was virtual over Chime consisting of 4 interviews each 1 hour long. Each interviewer will first ask for introduction and 2-3 leadership principal related questions. The coding is done on a shared online editor with basic syntax highlighting but no compilation: 1) Had to design and code two methods addProduct(itemId, timestamp) and getTopProducts() that gets the top 10 most purchased products in the last 24 hours. I coded a brute force solution. Then I was asked to optimize and I started giving ideas but didn't finish coding it. 2) System design AWS S3 cloud file storage. I think this went well since my architecture diagram was similar to others you find online for this problem. The interviewer was a great communicator. 3) Coding challenge that was basically to implement Topological sort. My code wasn't very clean but it should have been correct. 4) Design and code a course manager that can add members/students to courses under a given instructor e.g. addToCourse(memberId, instructorId, courseId), getCourses(instructorId). This was the worst interviewer as I don't think she understood me and would interrupt my thought process. She would paste in code and say "maybe I gave too much hint". When I would try to clarify what I needed to implement, she would paste in more code (data structures and methods). Her communication was not good. Towards the end she did say my solution is looking great and told me to write tests. The interview went 10 minutes over and it didn't feel prepared. Overall I felt pretty good and I don't think I bombed it. A few days later I get automated email saying that they are not progressing with my application with no feedback.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time you gave up short term gains for long term benefits.
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      Software Development Engineer (SDE) Interview

      17 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bengaluru
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru)

      Interview

      I received an Online Assessment (OA) invitation from Amazon. The assessment consisted of two coding questions of medium to hard difficulty, focusing on data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving skills. The questions required efficient solutions with optimized time and space complexity. After the OA, shortlisted candidates typically proceed to one or more technical interview rounds covering coding, system design, and behavioral questions based on Amazon's Leadership Principles.

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      Software Development Engineer (SDE) Interview

      9 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Delhi Cantonment
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (Delhi Cantonment)

      Interview

      Applied online via career site, received OA link within 2 days and cleared it, Round 1- DSA, Round-2 DSA, Round 3- System Design, Round 4- Mixed Technical Discussion and Behavioral.

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      Question 1

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      Software Development Engineer (SDE) Interview

      22 Jun 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Patiala
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through university. I interviewed at Amazon (Patiala) in Jun 2026

      Interview

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