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Amazon SDE II Interview Experience

Amazon · Mid level · Software Engineer

ResultWaiting
Timespan2 weeks
DifficultyDifficult
Rounds4

Interview process

Both core rounds went okay-ish so far. The DSA round was strangely fixated on trees (weird) —the one topic I had not really prepared in-depth for Amazon—and was too focused on DP, strings, sliding window, LCS, and the type of stuff Amazon usually focuses on.

Interview rounds · 4

  1. 1

    Phone screen

    Behavioral
    1. Q1. Tell me about a time when you raised the bar.
    2. Q2. Tell me about a time when you missed a deadline.
  2. 2

    Recruiter screen

    Behavioral
  3. 3

    Technical round

    Data Structures & Algorithms
    1. Q1. Lookup an element in a binary tree (not a BST)
    2. Q2. House Robber LC (simple one, and then one with trees)
  4. 4

    Final / onsite round

    System Design
    1. Q1. Design Amazon Locker (low level)

Tips from the candidate

Trees, seriously. It would've been a breeze if I were a bit more prepared for just this one topic. Instead focused on LC question bank for Amazon.

Company culture

The team apparently owned a very small component in the larger ecosystem, and yet the people from this team were strangely very fixated on this one component. Not sure if I should take that in a positive/negative sense.

Details

CompanyAmazon
RoleSoftware Engineer
LevelMid level
LocationIndia
InterviewedMay 2026
Questions asked5