I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Glasgow, Scotland) in Feb 2016
Interview
Was contacted by company recruiter and proposed to take part in hiring event. When accepted had some very basic phone call with the same recruiter to do a quick technical background review. After this was asked to complete online test on HackerRank. After passed it was contacted by logistics crew to arrange transfer to place where hiring event was going.
Overall interview on event took around 4 hours and was done by 4 different interviewers one after another.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Few questions for algorithms, data structures, tricky logic and overall systems architecture.
A lot of time spent on behavioral open-ended questions involving Amazon Leadership Principles.
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.
