I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in Oct 2025
Interview
2 DSA Questions
1. Given an array which contains only 'b' and 'c' and the array is circular sso
the last element is adjacent to the first element.
want to group all the 'c' present in the array group together. in one operation
can select two indexes and swap them . return the minimum
number of swaps required to make all 'c' present in the array contiguous
Online assessment - 2 parts
1 coding question - 45 minutes
1 repository question where you have to fix a bug in the project - 1 hour.
The coding question was very long and tries to replicate a real life scenario that happens while working for amazon, the amount of details is kind of what makes it difficult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Solve the coding problem in the required time and submit it.
Find the bugs and fix them in the projects.
Got reached out after 1 month after completing the OA for In person interview. The whole process was smooth and everyone I met was professional and friendly. 4 rounds of interviews with a lunch break in between. 1 round is purely behavioral, other 3 is part behavioral part technical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral focused on LP questions and they dig deep into details. Technical were easy-medium leetcode/OOD questions
Applied online -> received OA after around 2 months -> final loop consist of 4 interviews after a month. Each interview was around 1 hour with a mix of leetcode style questions and behavioural questions
SDE 1 applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SDE 1 roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 107 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 SDE 1 according to 107 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Phone interview: 17%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 14%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Group panel interview: 5%
Background check: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 2%
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