Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - India
September 5, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Applied without referral.
University graduate opening.
Online assessment followed by three rounds of interviews.
The online assessment had two coding questions (medium-hard level) and some situation-based questions (answer according to Amazon Leadership Principles).
Received a call for an interview.
Then, two DSA rounds followed by an HR round.
Questions
heavy DSA.
Sliding window, DP, graph.
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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
4.0
Intense and Educational
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
November 20, 2021
Pros: Work with the best in the field.
Work with the biggest systems out there.
Cons: * Intense work deadlines
* Not much sanctity of weekends
3.0
There's no proper work-life balance
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
January 4, 2023
Pros: High salary, good place to learn too much technical stuff in less time. People interested in tough learning, then Amazon is your home.
Cons: It's stressful to meet the deadlines. Holidays and workdays are the same. There's constant follow-up and micro-management in the teams.
5.0
By far the best company to work at
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
September 24, 2018
Pros: The team is great.
The environment is challenging at the beginning, but it will get more familiar with time.
You will get a lot of responsibilities fast.
There is a very high bar, and you will be working with super intelligent people.
Great management and a stress-free working environment.
Cons: Some parts of the project are quite old and hard to understand.
Amazon is huge, and it's hard to have a grasp of how the whole process is going.
- 4.0Intense and EducationalSoftware Development Engineer • Former EmployeeHyderābād, Telangana, IndiaNovember 20, 2021Pros: Work with the best in the field. Work with the biggest systems out there.Cons: * Intense work deadlines * Not much sanctity of weekends
- 3.0There's no proper work-life balanceSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeJanuary 4, 2023Pros: High salary, good place to learn too much technical stuff in less time. People interested in tough learning, then Amazon is your home.Cons: It's stressful to meet the deadlines. Holidays and workdays are the same. There's constant follow-up and micro-management in the teams.
- 5.0By far the best company to work atSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeBerlin, Berlin, GermanySeptember 24, 2018Pros: The team is great. The environment is challenging at the beginning, but it will get more familiar with time. You will get a lot of responsibilities fast. There is a very high bar, and you will be working with super intelligent people. Great management and a stress-free working environment.Cons: Some parts of the project are quite old and hard to understand. Amazon is huge, and it's hard to have a grasp of how the whole process is going.
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