Company: Amazon
Interview Type: Online Assessment (OA)
Role: Software Development Engineer (SDE Intern / SDE 1)
Interview Experience: Neutral
Difficulty: Medium
Interview Process:
I received an online assessment consisting of two coding questions and a short psychometric section.
Coding Round:
Question 1 (String): Related to pattern checking and substring manipulation.
Question 2 (Array): Based on prefix sums and optimizing array traversal.
Both questions were of easy-to-medium difficulty and had multiple test cases.
Psychometric Section:
A set of personality-based situational questions (around 20–25) to assess behavioral traits and decision-making.
Overall:
The OA was well-structured and time-bound. Focused mainly on basic DSA and logical reasoning skills. Didn’t proceed to the next round afterward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding Round:
Question 1 (String): Related to pattern checking and substring manipulation.
Question 2 (Array): Based on prefix sums and optimizing array traversal.
Both questions were of easy-to-medium difficulty and had multiple test cases.
Psychometric Section:
A set of personality-based situational questions (around 20–25) to assess behavioral traits and decision-making.
The first round was completely based on DSA, they asked 2 questions in a 1 hour time -
1. Lowest Common Ancestor in a Binary Tree.
2. TSP based question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Lowest Common Ancestor in a Binary Tree.
2. TSP based question.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2025
Interview
It was on-campus for girls, firstly, it had resume-based shortlisting. Then the first round of OA which had 40 MCQs and 1 coding, then the second round of OA had 2 coding questions, followed by psychometric/behavioral questions. Both were eliminating rounds. Then the interview was scheduled which lasted for almost an hour, followed by a survey.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview mainly had the introduction part, the tech-stack you follow, your projects, internship experience and achievements like hackathons and certifications were nice to have. Followed by 1 hard and 1 medium DSA questions and then some questions based on Amazon values.