Amazon

SDE Intern Interview Experience

October 6, 2022

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Online coding interview with one engineer.

Straightforward approach: explain the approach, then code it, and finally, evaluate time and space complexity.

Some variations of the problem were also tested.

Overall, the interviewer was nice and explained the problem clearly.

Questions

2 Sum on LeetCode:

Find two numbers that sum to the target.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 78 interview experiences for the Amazon SDE Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

56%

Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their SDE Intern roles in the United States is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive76%

Neutral17%

Negative8%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's SDE Intern interview process in United States.

Amazon Work Experiences

Fun and rewarding

SDE Intern • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Fast-paced, high-quality internship program with good pay.

Cons: - Few perks compared to other FAANG.

Fun and rewarding

SDE Intern • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Fast-paced, high-quality internship program with good pay.

Cons: - Few perks compared to other FAANG.

Overall, a great work experience

SDE Intern • Former Employee

September 17, 2022

Pros: Amazing resources and great compensation. A lot of fellow Amazonians around.

Cons: Big corporate life culture - a pretty common practice in big techs. Inclusion is not the most important value at Amazon. People at Amazon are not too supportive, and intern events are not well organized.

Overall, a great work experience

SDE Intern • Former Employee

September 17, 2022

Pros: Amazing resources and great compensation. A lot of fellow Amazonians around.

Cons: Big corporate life culture - a pretty common practice in big techs. Inclusion is not the most important value at Amazon. People at Amazon are not too supportive, and intern events are not well organized.

Great opportunity (with the great team)

SDE Intern • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: - Work from home flexibility - Access to helpful resources - Lots of events across the main campus - Ability to create a large, meaningful network

Cons: - Lacks the feeling of community. - Heavy usage of acronyms. - Meeting-heavy days (not every single day).

Great opportunity (with the great team)

SDE Intern • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: - Work from home flexibility - Access to helpful resources - Lots of events across the main campus - Ability to create a large, meaningful network

Cons: - Lacks the feeling of community. - Heavy usage of acronyms. - Meeting-heavy days (not every single day).

Fun and rewarding

SDE Intern • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Fast-paced, high-quality internship program with good pay.

Cons: - Few perks compared to other FAANG.

4.0
Fun and rewarding
SDE Intern • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
August 5, 2023
Pros: Fast-paced, high-quality internship program with good pay.
Cons: - Few perks compared to other FAANG.

Overall, a great work experience

SDE Intern • Former Employee

September 17, 2022

Pros: Amazing resources and great compensation. A lot of fellow Amazonians around.

Cons: Big corporate life culture - a pretty common practice in big techs. Inclusion is not the most important value at Amazon. People at Amazon are not too supportive, and intern events are not well organized.

4.0
Overall, a great work experience
SDE Intern • Former Employee
September 17, 2022
Pros: Amazing resources and great compensation. A lot of fellow Amazonians around.
Cons: Big corporate life culture - a pretty common practice in big techs. Inclusion is not the most important value at Amazon. People at Amazon are not too supportive, and intern events are not well organized.

Great opportunity (with the great team)

SDE Intern • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: - Work from home flexibility - Access to helpful resources - Lots of events across the main campus - Ability to create a large, meaningful network

Cons: - Lacks the feeling of community. - Heavy usage of acronyms. - Meeting-heavy days (not every single day).

4.0
Great opportunity (with the great team)
SDE Intern • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
July 29, 2022
Pros: - Work from home flexibility - Access to helpful resources - Lots of events across the main campus - Ability to create a large, meaningful network
Cons: - Lacks the feeling of community. - Heavy usage of acronyms. - Meeting-heavy days (not every single day).

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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