Amazon

SDE-2 Interview Experience

September 2, 2026

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Rude recruiter when it was their fault. Interviewer never showed up. Interviewers unsure about position being interviewed for. No follow-ups provided. Kind of disappointed. Probably won't apply again. Ended up being ghosted.

Questions

They asked leadership principles and coding questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 93 interview experiences for the Amazon SDE-2 role.

Success Rate

12%

Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their SDE-2 roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive58%

Neutral27%

Negative15%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's SDE-2 interview process.

Amazon Work Experiences

Good Stuff, Look Elsewhere

SDE-2 • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Good stuff, eh? Very good.

Cons: It's good to look at other reviews.

Good Stuff, Look Elsewhere

SDE-2 • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Good stuff, eh? Very good.

Cons: It's good to look at other reviews.

Toxic Mangers

SDE-2 • Former Employee

February 1, 2026

Pros: If you're on a good team, you could learn so much.

Cons: Toxic managers that cause a lot of damage to your career and mental health.

SDE-2 • Former Employee

February 1, 2026

Pros: If you're on a good team, you could learn so much.

Cons: Toxic managers that cause a lot of damage to your career and mental health.

Great Place, No Cons

SDE-2 • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: It's a great place to work.

Cons: There are no such cons.

Great Place, No Cons

SDE-2 • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: It's a great place to work.

Cons: There are no such cons.

Good Stuff, Look Elsewhere

SDE-2 • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Good stuff, eh? Very good.

Cons: It's good to look at other reviews.

4.0
Good Stuff, Look Elsewhere
SDE-2 • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
April 9, 2023
Pros: Good stuff, eh? Very good.
Cons: It's good to look at other reviews.

Toxic Mangers

SDE-2 • Former Employee

February 1, 2026

Pros: If you're on a good team, you could learn so much.

Cons: Toxic managers that cause a lot of damage to your career and mental health.

2.0
Toxic Mangers
SDE-2 • Former Employee
Seattle, WA
February 1, 2026
Pros: If you're on a good team, you could learn so much.
Cons: Toxic managers that cause a lot of damage to your career and mental health.

Great Place, No Cons

SDE-2 • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: It's a great place to work.

Cons: There are no such cons.

5.0
Great Place, No Cons
SDE-2 • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
June 15, 2021
Pros: It's a great place to work.
Cons: There are no such cons.

Amazon Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

You're given daily stock prices. Find the maximum profit you can make by buying and selling the stock once. You must buy before you sell.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Reorganize String

Rearrange the characters in a given string such that no two adjacent characters are the same. If such an arrangement is possible, return it; otherwise, return an empty string.

StringsGreedy AlgorithmsArrays

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