Amazon Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) interview questions
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Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Personality test: 25%
Skills test: 25%
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Lengthy, time consuming, energy draining, reckless handling of candidates. Irresponsible recruiters.
The whole interview process took so long, I had to continuously ask the recruiters about the status of my application. It would take them weeks to get back with just one line of response.
Also, the recruiters are notorious for ghosting candidates
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Jul 2025
Interview
3 rounds, 2 Technical and 1 non technical. Grind leetcode and prepare for their LP (leadership Principles) based questions. It was good experience overall and they were quick to announce results.
Round 1 : OA
two dsa questions were asked in online test + amazon work fitness behavioural questions
Round 2 : Technical Interview
was asked two DSA questions leetcode style