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 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
The process was very smooth. There was an outbound email that provided the initial details, though how I got into their system I'm not sure. From that there was a technical skills test which led to an in person interview in a neighboring city.
The interview itself was about five hours, interviewing with four technical managers and a single HR representative.
Everything went very smoothly, and everyone was, for the most part, pleasant to talk to about the concepts core to the business and the job details.
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I haven't interviewed in a while, but all the questions seemed to be pretty standard fare. "Go to the whiteboard and write an algorithm that accomplishes thus and such, with the caveat that it perform in no worse than linear time."
They were largely interested in how the problems were tackled and what types of solutions were produced.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Pekín, Pekín) in Aug 2012
Interview
1. A recruiter phoned me to ask a few simple questions and a test of my English level
2. A online coding test containing 2 intermediate level coding questions
3. Onsite, 4 rounds of skill test, one with the bar raiser and another one with the manager of the team you applied for.
4. A lunch with the manager. Talking about casual stuff
5. HR contacted me 3 or 4 days after the interview and negotiated me about the offer.
6. I received offer one week after the call from HR
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in May 2012
Interview
One phone screening and 3 rounds of technical interviews. Later was called for one bar riser and one hiring manager interviews. Technical interviews were really nice and was able to crack all of them. Preparing with standard interview questions did the trick. Nothing unexpected came up.