Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - India
June 15, 2022
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Basic questions from GeeksforGeeks, tree questions, and design questions.
Designed an LRU cache.
Some discussion on previous work from the resume.
There were three levels:
- Phone screen
- Face-to-face one
- Face-to-face two
Questions
Design a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache.
Tree traversal.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 98 interview experiences for the Amazon Software Development Engineer role in India.
Success Rate
30%
Pass Rate
Amazon's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in India is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive80%
Neutral14%
Negative6%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's Software Development Engineer interview process in India.
Amazon Work Experiences
2.0
Not a good environment to have sustainable growth
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
March 12, 2025
Pros: Money and working on highly scalable products which are used worldwide.
Cons: No work-life balance. Takes a toll on your mental health. Since the environment is so cutthroat, no one is willing to help, especially if a new joiner is not at a fresher level.
3.0
Zero Work-Life Balance, Hard to Get Promoted
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
May 1, 2025
Pros: Strong resume builder.
Good for building high ownership and responsibility.
Learning and growth opportunities.
Cons: It's hard to balance work and life.
It's always work, work, work until just before getting sleep.
On-call work is challenging, with frequent pages at 2 am and 3 am.
It's hard to get promoted from SDE2 to SDE3. Promotion isn't very straightforward at this point.
There's high performance pressure.
RTO 5 days is challenging if commute time is long.
Base salary hasn't increased well recently, even with promotion.
4.0
Great learning experience with impactful projects
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
April 20, 2025
Pros: Great mentorship, impactful projects, and competitive pay.
Cons: Intense workload, occasional team bottlenecks.
- 2.0Not a good environment to have sustainable growthSoftware Development Engineer • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesMarch 12, 2025Pros: Money and working on highly scalable products which are used worldwide.Cons: No work-life balance. Takes a toll on your mental health. Since the environment is so cutthroat, no one is willing to help, especially if a new joiner is not at a fresher level.
- 3.0Zero Work-Life Balance, Hard to Get PromotedSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2025Pros: Strong resume builder. Good for building high ownership and responsibility. Learning and growth opportunities.Cons: It's hard to balance work and life. It's always work, work, work until just before getting sleep. On-call work is challenging, with frequent pages at 2 am and 3 am. It's hard to get promoted from SDE2 to SDE3. Promotion isn't very straightforward at this point. There's high performance pressure. RTO 5 days is challenging if commute time is long. Base salary hasn't increased well recently, even with promotion.
- 4.0Great learning experience with impactful projectsSoftware Development Engineer • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesApril 20, 2025Pros: Great mentorship, impactful projects, and competitive pay.Cons: Intense workload, occasional team bottlenecks.
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