Amazon Software Development Engineer, II interview questions
based on 292 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. I interviewed at Amazon (Washington, DC) in Oct 2021
Interview
Recruiter reached out on LinkedIn asking about my willingness to engage in Amazon recruitment process. After I said yes I was given an email link to a Hackerrank challenge. This challenge had to be completed within 90 minutes of starting it.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Edmonton, AB) in Dec 2017
Interview
Call with the recruiter and then an online test with 2 programming challenges to solve in 90 mins. All related to data structures and loops. Would be good fit for a recent graduate or someone that does data structures in their everyday job.
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Question 1
There are no interview questions before you pass the online programming test
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Amazon (Vadodara) in Oct 2021
Interview
1) Mail received from recruiter.
2) 1st is coding round of 120 min in which first 90 min coding challenge and after that system design questions
After that you submit the test received response from recruitment team
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Display recent items visited by user
2) find min swap to sort a binary array in asc or dsc