Interviewed for Amazon SDE role through online assessment and technical rounds coveringInterviewed for Amazon Software Development Engineer role through an online assessment and multiple technical interview rounds focused on data structures, algorithms, problem-solving, debugging, system design fundamentals, object-oriented design, and behavioral questions aligned with Amazon leadership principles and real-world engineering scenarios.
data structures, algorithms, problem-solving, system design fundamentals, and behavioral questions aligned with leadership principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One memorable thing they focused on was explaining my thought process clearly while solving coding problems — not just getting the correct answer, but discussing trade-offs, edge cases, optimization, and scalability considerations.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Sydney)
Interview
I can't comment much. I submitted an application for the software engineer position, and not even a minute later, I received an auto rejection email from Amazon (never received an online assessment).
2 behavioral 2 coding not very difficult. Behavioral is tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role and biggest accomplishment. The process is exactly the guideline they posted for interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about a time you took responsibility beyond your role
It was a 2-3 round process, depending on how your interview went, with increasingly hard DSA questions followed by some HR and behavioural questions. First round was mostly easy and medium leetcode, followed by medium and hard questions in the second round and above on more complex topics.
