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 online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2016
Interview
Initially i got a call from recruiter and he scheduled an interview with client and i never received a reply back after the interview. i did good on the coding part but the interviewer wasn't sure of what he asked and he said he have a meeting and left in just 30 minutes.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in Jan 2016
Interview
Interview process was very well organised. Initial 3 rounds were telephonic and then they asked to fly to Hyderabad. Ticket etc were provided. They wanted to come one day before the interview day. 6-7 rounds of fact-2-face interview was done. There were couple of rounds where direct knowledge was tested but then there were few rounds where mostly application skill was tested.
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They asked to come up with a data model for tennis match.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I have applied through employee referral. After 10 days, I got a mail from HR to schedule a telephonic interview if interested. The interview process is described in the mail as Two telephonic interviews followed by onsite round. Each Telephonic round is for one hour. once we are through in the first telephone round. We will be called for second round. I got a reject mail after second round.
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Question 1
Tell me about yourself, One question from resume and One data structure question followed by a design question in each round