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 in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2012
Interview
The process was pretty much easy. Recruiters are like hunters and once they grab you, they won't leave you until you say repeatedly say no. After I was picked up, the process was nothing great and was as usual - one telephonic and 5 onsite
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There was nothing difficult question. However, there was an unusual question when a senior engineer asked me to generate a mathematical formula. I didn't expect this in interview for a company like Amazon.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2014
Interview
I was called by Amazon's recruiting coordinators for some interesting positions.
They sent me emails via LinkedIn since I updated my profile there.
The first interview comes from HR, where I was asked some common questions about mainly related to my resume.
After that, a technique phone was followed.
The interviewer is pretty nice and the questions are pretty related to what they are doing.
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I think the most difficult thing is not the questions from interviewers; it is myself.
Basically, if you have used the common data structures and algorithms, you can handle those questions without nervous.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jan 2014
Interview
Two telephone interviews (coding and behavioural questions) and then on site interview with 5 different people (coding, behavioural, leadership, architecture, OO design questions)
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Convert a number to a currency string: 1234,45 -> one thousand two hundred thirty four dollars and forty five cents