New Graduate Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
October 15, 2024
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Process
OA:
Round 1: OA Technical This round consists of two HackerRank questions that need to be solved in 70 minutes. The first question will be easier, and the second will be slightly harder than the first.
Round 2: If the first round is cleared, you will be emailed another link for the second OA round, which is a work style assessment and logic reasoning test. For the work style assessment, you will be put in a hypothetical situation and required to take the most “Amazonian” action. Be sure to review the 14 leadership principles and use them to guide your choices.
Interviews: Three rounds of back-to-back interviews, including LeetCode problems and behavioral questions (BQ).
- One hour of behavioral questions.
- One hour of LeetCode problems.
- One hour of Object-Oriented Design (OOD).
Questions
a hour of behavior questions, one hour of LeetCode problems, and one hour of OOD.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Amazon New Graduate Software Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.
Success Rate
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Pass Rate
Amazon's interview process for their New Graduate Software Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's New Graduate Software Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.
Amazon Work Experiences
5.0
About work culture
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
February 21, 2025
Pros: It was good working at Amazon.
Cons: The work culture is not good here.
3.0
Amazon is a company, not your friend
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
October 5, 2017
Pros: Amazon is a large company with a lot of great technologies. If you want to work in a specific technological field, odds are Amazon has a team that fits you.
If you are new to development (recent college graduate), there is a decent learning curve, but lots of tools to help you out. A large community of developers are also available to help you ramp up to be more confident with the immense number of tools Amazon leaves at your disposal. After a year or so, you will have developed skills in tons of useful technologies and be much more confident in your engineering skills.
Cons: You are an employee of Amazon; you are not its friend. It does not cherish you. It does not make sure you are comfortable. It does not hold your hand. It will do exactly what is necessary to make sure you think twice before leaving and nothing more.
You want holiday vacation? Amazon will give you exactly what is federally required (6 holidays per year). You happen to be on-call (respond to events 24/7) for that holiday? Too bad. You don't get a bonus and you don't get it back.
You want a raise? Amazon will be as shrewd as possible to make sure it doesn't have to pay you any more than necessary.
You want company perks? Hah! How about 10% off the first $1000 you spend at Amazon? Amazon wants its money first.
After working at Amazon for a good chunk of time, I can confidently say that these are my main complaints:
* I am just a money-maker for them. No feeling of loyalty.
* On-call is brutal and no extra compensation is given.
* Minimal perks, benefits, etc.
4.0
Smart Team, But Office Mandate
Software Development Engineer (SDE) • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
August 29, 2023
Pros: Work with smart, talented people.
Cons: Dead set on being in office. Not sure what the net gain is when the rest of your team is in other locations.
- 5.0About work cultureSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesFebruary 21, 2025Pros: It was good working at Amazon.Cons: The work culture is not good here.
- 3.0Amazon is a company, not your friendSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesOctober 5, 2017Pros: Amazon is a large company with a lot of great technologies. If you want to work in a specific technological field, odds are Amazon has a team that fits you. If you are new to development (recent college graduate), there is a decent learning curve, but lots of tools to help you out. A large community of developers are also available to help you ramp up to be more confident with the immense number of tools Amazon leaves at your disposal. After a year or so, you will have developed skills in tons of useful technologies and be much more confident in your engineering skills.Cons: You are an employee of Amazon; you are not its friend. It does not cherish you. It does not make sure you are comfortable. It does not hold your hand. It will do exactly what is necessary to make sure you think twice before leaving and nothing more. You want holiday vacation? Amazon will give you exactly what is federally required (6 holidays per year). You happen to be on-call (respond to events 24/7) for that holiday? Too bad. You don't get a bonus and you don't get it back. You want a raise? Amazon will be as shrewd as possible to make sure it doesn't have to pay you any more than necessary. You want company perks? Hah! How about 10% off the first $1000 you spend at Amazon? Amazon wants its money first. After working at Amazon for a good chunk of time, I can confidently say that these are my main complaints: * I am just a money-maker for them. No feeling of loyalty. * On-call is brutal and no extra compensation is given. * Minimal perks, benefits, etc.
- 4.0Smart Team, But Office MandateSoftware Development Engineer (SDE) • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 29, 2023Pros: Work with smart, talented people.Cons: Dead set on being in office. Not sure what the net gain is when the rest of your team is in other locations.
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