I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2024
Interview
The process went smoothly. They reached out via LinkedIn to express their interest and set up a call on Amazon Chime to discuss the available roles. They were quick to respond, friendly, and provided feedback as to why they decided to go with other candidates when my application got denied.
I recently interviewed for an SDE position at AWS. The overall process took about 3 weeks and consisted of:
Online assessment (coding + work simulation)
Technical phone screen
Virtual onsite ("Loop") with 4 interviewers
Online Assessment
The coding questions were medium difficulty, similar to LeetCode. One focused on arrays and hashing, while the other involved graph traversal. The work simulation assessed decision-making and Amazon's Leadership Principles.
Technical Interviews
The technical rounds included:
Data structures and algorithms
Coding in a shared editor
Time and space complexity discussion
System design (for experienced candidates)
Object-oriented design questions
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Seattle, WA) in May 2026
Interview
Standard recruiter call - 60 min HM - 2 panels.
Basic behavioral questions. How ? Why ?
No Artificial intelligence tools allowed.
Design a review feedback system.
Why X over Y
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had conflict with your leadership.
Tell me about a time when you chose wrong architecture. What did you learn?
The interview process began with an Online Assessment (OA), which then led to a series of three consecutive interviews. These included a behavioral interview and two distinct coding challenges. All segments, particularly the coding problems, were quite difficult.