Process
LC style, Bar raiser round, System design round one hour each with a 30 min break in between.
Medium to hard level of LC question. Easy system design question.
I prepared 150 Neetcode questions and practiced a lot around the interview.
Questions
Tell me about a time you had to peel an onion
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 188 interview experiences for the Amazon SDE 1 role.
Success Rate
11%
Pass Rate
Amazon's interview process for their SDE 1 roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive67%
Neutral24%
Negative9%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's SDE 1 interview process.
Amazon Work Experiences
3.0
Bad Management but Good Learning Opportunity
SDE 1 • Current Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
June 17, 2022
Pros: Learning opportunities can get abroad opportunities.
Cons: Rest everything you can think of. It's all there in Amazon.
5.0
Cool people, but expect long hours
SDE 1 • Current Employee
Toronto, ON
October 17, 2026
Pros: Cool people to work with.
Cons: Long hours were spent sometimes at 2 a.m.
4.0
A nice place to learn a lot of new things
SDE 1 • Current Employee
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
February 3, 2021
Pros: Experiences are team-based. My team was overall good in helping each other.
Cons: Nothing I could think of.
- 3.0Bad Management but Good Learning OpportunitySDE 1 • Current EmployeeHyderābād, Telangana, IndiaJune 17, 2022Pros: Learning opportunities can get abroad opportunities.Cons: Rest everything you can think of. It's all there in Amazon.
- 5.0Cool people, but expect long hoursSDE 1 • Current EmployeeToronto, ONOctober 17, 2026Pros: Cool people to work with.Cons: Long hours were spent sometimes at 2 a.m.
- 4.0A nice place to learn a lot of new thingsSDE 1 • Current EmployeeChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaFebruary 3, 2021Pros: Experiences are team-based. My team was overall good in helping each other.Cons: Nothing I could think of.
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