J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Austin, TX) en déc. 2016
Entretien
I was referred by an existing employee, so my experience may have differed. I was contacted by a recruiter who setup a phone screen. The recruiter sent me a good amount of literature and suggested practice. I did a couple practice questions on a coding website and reviewed the leadership principles. The phone screen consisted of a leadership/behavioral question and a pretty straight-forward technical evaluation. The interviewer "inclined" me for an onsite. The recruiter sent me more info this time and spent 45 mins on the phone with me discussing what to expect and helping me prep. The onsite consisted of 5 interviews with managers and developers. In each, I was evaluated on two leadership principles (some subtly woven into conversation or the technical, some asked blatantly) and one technical evaluation on the whiteboard. Most of the technicals were coding, but one was more discussion on what an API would look like for some real-world interaction. I enjoyed the more free form one the most as we got to talk through a lot of scenarios. I was right on the edge of L4/5 technically, but a solid L5 for leadership, so I got the bump.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
What would an API look like for the interactions between a plane and air traffic control.
J'ai postulé via une agence de recrutement. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Seattle, WA) en mai 2026
Entretien
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.
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon en févr. 2026
Entretien
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
Questions d'entretien [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
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 3 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Bengaluru) en sept. 2025
Entretien
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.