Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
Updated Jun 3, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 20%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 18%RecruiterRecruiter
- 11%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 1%OtherOther
- 1%In PersonIn Person
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
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Amazon interviews FAQs
- Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 50 days to get hired, when considering 10 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 according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 31%
Drug test: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
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