Amazon Software Development Engineer II interview questions
based on 293 ratings - Updated May 9, 2026
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Software Development Engineer II applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer II roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 33 days.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC)
Interview
Whole interview processes are very organized. Interview steps are as follows.
online coding test -> recruiter phone screening interview -> on-site interview(4 sessions)
For all steps, my recruiter'd notified the interview result very quickly.
Moreover, all on-site interviewers were so friendly, so I could ease my tension easily.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Bucarest, ) in Oct 2018
Interview
Typical Big5 company interview process. Few calls, online automated tests then a 4 hours with 4 people on-site or on recruitment event. Mostly algorithms and Amazon principles.
I'd like to review the after part of the interview, if you get the offer. The offer letter is incorrect stating that you should accept this by the date which is in the past, you notify them, but they say it's okay, leave it. Then when they prepare for you the immigration papers in the last week of moving to Canada, the lawyer will tell you it's not right, then you tell the HR, they don't understand which date and where, when it's clean and not that many dates in a contract. They couldn't change it, you go to the border with invalid data. It's fine.
Multiple HR people get laid off or moved to other departments until you get yourself hired. Multiple managers might exchange you from one team to the other, you won't know where you end up. You have no idea what you will work on. If your visa gets late, your team might move on with someone else.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Boston, MA) in Sep 2019
Interview
1) Standard Amazon Coding Assessment
2) Phone Screen (Because I didn't do great on one coding assessment question)
3) Onsite (3 coding rounds, 1 behavioral, 1 System Design and Lunch). Lunch is not evaluated.
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Question 1
Lot of behavioral questions on their leadership principles.
Leetcode questions on graphs and arrays during phone and onsite interview.