Software Development Engineer (SDE1) applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 58% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE1) roles take an average of 65 days to get hired, when considering 33 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer (SDE1) according to 33 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Skills test: 20%
Personality test: 15%
Group panel interview: 13%
Phone interview: 8%
Background check: 5%
Other: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Presentation: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Jul 2025
Interview
They have multiple rounds including online assessment which is very tough.they ask 2 questions one mid level question and other one is hard level question. And that assessment continues with behavioural test and other aptitude tests
A basic intro and drove into 2 leet code east-medium level questions. One was leetcode balloon and arrow question. The other one is path sum in a tree. The interview was easy but i chocked.
Took and online assessment and after 1 week had 4 interviews in single day. The recruiter was very responsive and helped me understand the interview process. I got the offer!
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Apr 2026
Interview
On Campus offer
Amazon Interview Process — 2 Rounds
Each round combined two components:
DSA (Data Structures & Algorithms) — a coding problem to solve live, evaluating problem-solving approach, coding correctness, and time/space complexity analysis.
Amazon Work Style (Leadership Principles) — behavioral questions tied to Amazon's Leadership Principles (e.g., Ownership, Bias for Action, Customer Obsession), typically framed as "Tell me about a time when..." questions expecting STAR-format answers.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
We are given:
Logs from multiple computers
Each log has format:
Plain text
[timestamp, log_message]
Goal: 👉 Merge all logs and print them in sorted order of timestamp
We’re given:
source string
encrypted string
We need to check if: 👉 The encryption mapping is valid
From the example:
"abcda" → "zyxvz" → valid
"acbb" → "yzxk" → invalid
So the rule seems: 👉 Each character in source should map to exactly one character
👉 Mapping must be consistent