Amazon Software Development Engineer interview questions
Updated Jun 3, 2026
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three rounds; first one was lp, second asked to ingest and parse a terabyte-level file, third was leetcode find maximum distance seat in array. Expected lld, didn't expect second round as it was more file handling than anything
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Jun 2025
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Two of my three interviews were cancelled last minute and rescheduled to the next day. Other than that, the interviews were conducted professionally and well. Having three interviews is intimidating though.
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Multiple leetcode style questions and a behavioral interview
It had 3 rounds of interviews, one behavioral round where they asked 4 LPs, one coding round where they asked 2 LC Mediums, and one system design round where I was asked to design a pricing system for a restaurant.