I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in Jan 2025
Interview
The interview process for the Amazon SDE Internship was structured and focused on both problem-solving skills and core computer science fundamentals.
I had a technical round where I was given two coding problems to solve:
Find the element that occurs only once – This tested my ability to optimize for time and space using techniques like XOR operations and hash-based counting.
Zigzag (Spiral) Traversal of a Binary Tree – This problem focused on tree traversal logic, use of queues/stacks, and writing clean, iterative/level-order solutions.
Throughout the interview, I explained my thought process, clarified constraints, and discussed possible edge cases and time-complexity tradeoffs. The interviewer also evaluated how I approached the problem, communicated my reasoning, and optimized the solution.
Overall, the experience was smooth and well-organized. The interviewer was supportive, and the session felt conversational while still challenging, giving me a good opportunity to demonstrate my coding skills and understanding of data structures.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
interviewer asked question based on amazon leadership principles
The interview process was straightforward and friendly. It started with a recruiter screening, followed by a technical interview. The interviewer asked basic coding questions, object-oriented programming concepts, and a few behavioral questions based on Amazon Leadership Principles. The coding problems were not very difficult, and the interviewer was willing to provide hints when needed. Overall, the experience was positive and well organized.
i applied online around october, got the OA around march/april originally for summer but headcount was reached so i expressed interest in being considered for their fall internship. they reached out in late may and got my interview scheduled in june
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LP behavioral questions, questions about gen ai and how i incorporate them. lc4 and lc130
LC top 100 tagged — would recommend doing the top 100 and it is likely you will have question from there — the first 40 mins were behavioral lp, then the technical