I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2024
Interview
The recruiter contacted me via email regarding the position. Following the resume screening, I received an online assessment link that included two coding questions and some workstyle questions, with a total duration of about 90 minutes. Both coding questions were from LeetCode.
After achieving a good score on the online assessment, I was invited for a virtual phone screen. The first 30 minutes of the phone screen focused on my previous projects, while the next 30 minutes were dedicated to coding.
Upon receiving positive feedback from the phone screen, I had a follow-up call with the recruiter to discuss the process further.
Subsequently, four one-hour interviews were scheduled. Each interview allocated 30 minutes for Amazon Leadership Principles (LP) questions and 30 minutes for coding. The coding interviews included two LeetCode medium-level questions, one low-level design (LLD) interview, and one system design interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you went above and beyond for a customer.
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.
