Software Development Engineer (SDE) II applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) II roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) II according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 10%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Background check: 3%
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the following list covers all the important topics covered in the Amazon online test.
Data Structures and Algorithms with a focus on Dynamic Programming, Trees, and Priority queues.
Work Style Assessment.
Amazon’s Leadership Qualities.
CS Fundamentals like OS, DBMS, CN, Aptitude, and various Puzzles may be optional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sorting and DS and Algorithms and Searching concepts
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2026
Interview
Fui abordado pelo recruiter no linkedin.
Não houve muita conversa, já fomos logo marcando a primeira etapa que era um code assessment. Nas trocas de email haviam vários guias e orientações sobre o que esperar.
Não me lembro exatamente se eram 2 ou 3 perguntas, e se o tempo era de 60 ou 90 minutos.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Code assesment (sozinho): Debugar uma aplicação (com back e front juntos) do porque uma inserção não está funcionando corretamente.
Live coding:
1 questão: Arvore binária matemática: Como chegar ao resultado da conta
2 questão: Dado o array, monte a árvore (o inverso da 1).
Árvore usada:
+
/ \
- *
/ \ / \
2 4 10 7
Online assessment consists of 2 DSA and 1 development question of a real application with bugs to fix (you can select development framework and language). After that 10-15 behavioural questions related to work scenarios.
Coding ques nd LPs. lc mediums were asked nd some lps were asked.. DSA questions.
Something like printing path from a to b in a graph. Ghe shortest one. Coding ques nd LPs. lc mediums were asked nd some lps were asked.. DSA questions.
Something like printing path from a to b in a graph. Ghe shortest one.