I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in May 2010
Interview
There were 5 rounds in total which included 1 written test. Most of the SDE-1 rounds include Algorithm and Data structures testing, and if you are great at it, you are in. They will monitor your coding capabilities and problem solving capabilities as well. Computer Science and Object Oriented rounds are usually not given importance for SDE-1s.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Sydney)
Interview
I can't comment much. I submitted an application for the software engineer position, and not even a minute later, I received an auto rejection email from Amazon (never received an online assessment).
2 behavioral 2 coding not very difficult. Behavioral is tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role and biggest accomplishment. The process is exactly the guideline they posted for interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role
It was a 2-3 round process, depending on how your interview went, with increasingly hard DSA questions followed by some HR and behavioural questions. First round was mostly easy and medium leetcode, followed by medium and hard questions in the second round and above on more complex topics.
