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Software Development Engineer (SDE) II Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom

September 1, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone screen with HR. Technical interview lasting 1 hour. Virtual on-site day interview lasting 5 hours, including behavior and coding questions. One systems design question. Follow-up call with HR to state the result.

Questions

Calculate the most optimal spot in a collection of sized boxes to store a parcel, given n sizes and m boxes of size n.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) II role in London, United Kingdom.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their Software Development Engineer (SDE) II roles in London, the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Neutral50%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Amazon's Software Development Engineer (SDE) II interview process in London, United Kingdom.

Amazon Work Experiences

Big Company, Toxic Environment

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Pros: A big company, more positions, and more chances.

Cons: toxic environment, hard deadlines, RTO

Big Company, Toxic Environment

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Pros: A big company, more positions, and more chances.

Cons: toxic environment, hard deadlines, RTO

Join for the money and exposure, not for a chill life

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Pros: Stocks are going up, which is good. There's lots of potential to continue growing. Lots of smart and experienced people to learn from. Get to work with very large-scale distributed systems that handle millions of TPS. Over time, I learned the skill to work fast and efficiently due to pressure and priorities. If picking a team that's internal-facing (like People/Accounting tech) or a brand-new team, life would be easier.

Cons: Avoid teams that have a heavy operational load, such as on-call. Constantly getting paged is stressful. Avoid small teams. Avoid teams that don't have a lot of business-driven projects, because you won't get to code as much, which is essential to push your SDE promotion forward. Always have a sense that teams over-commit to things, which puts pressure on teams to work faster/deliver more. Not often, but once in a while, you'll see peers getting piped, particularly in teams based in Seattle.

Join for the money and exposure, not for a chill life

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Pros: Stocks are going up, which is good. There's lots of potential to continue growing. Lots of smart and experienced people to learn from. Get to work with very large-scale distributed systems that handle millions of TPS. Over time, I learned the skill to work fast and efficiently due to pressure and priorities. If picking a team that's internal-facing (like People/Accounting tech) or a brand-new team, life would be easier.

Cons: Avoid teams that have a heavy operational load, such as on-call. Constantly getting paged is stressful. Avoid small teams. Avoid teams that don't have a lot of business-driven projects, because you won't get to code as much, which is essential to push your SDE promotion forward. Always have a sense that teams over-commit to things, which puts pressure on teams to work faster/deliver more. Not often, but once in a while, you'll see peers getting piped, particularly in teams based in Seattle.

Okay Coffee, Sad Banana Situation

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Coffee is okay (1 barista drink per day).

Cons: No bananas, unfortunately. This is sad.

Okay Coffee, Sad Banana Situation

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Coffee is okay (1 barista drink per day).

Cons: No bananas, unfortunately. This is sad.

Big Company, Toxic Environment

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Pros: A big company, more positions, and more chances.

Cons: toxic environment, hard deadlines, RTO

2.0
Big Company, Toxic Environment
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
March 9, 2025
Pros: A big company, more positions, and more chances.
Cons: toxic environment, hard deadlines, RTO

Join for the money and exposure, not for a chill life

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Pros: Stocks are going up, which is good. There's lots of potential to continue growing. Lots of smart and experienced people to learn from. Get to work with very large-scale distributed systems that handle millions of TPS. Over time, I learned the skill to work fast and efficiently due to pressure and priorities. If picking a team that's internal-facing (like People/Accounting tech) or a brand-new team, life would be easier.

Cons: Avoid teams that have a heavy operational load, such as on-call. Constantly getting paged is stressful. Avoid small teams. Avoid teams that don't have a lot of business-driven projects, because you won't get to code as much, which is essential to push your SDE promotion forward. Always have a sense that teams over-commit to things, which puts pressure on teams to work faster/deliver more. Not often, but once in a while, you'll see peers getting piped, particularly in teams based in Seattle.

4.0
Join for the money and exposure, not for a chill life
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
April 27, 2021
Pros: Stocks are going up, which is good. There's lots of potential to continue growing. Lots of smart and experienced people to learn from. Get to work with very large-scale distributed systems that handle millions of TPS. Over time, I learned the skill to work fast and efficiently due to pressure and priorities. If picking a team that's internal-facing (like People/Accounting tech) or a brand-new team, life would be easier.
Cons: Avoid teams that have a heavy operational load, such as on-call. Constantly getting paged is stressful. Avoid small teams. Avoid teams that don't have a lot of business-driven projects, because you won't get to code as much, which is essential to push your SDE promotion forward. Always have a sense that teams over-commit to things, which puts pressure on teams to work faster/deliver more. Not often, but once in a while, you'll see peers getting piped, particularly in teams based in Seattle.

Okay Coffee, Sad Banana Situation

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Coffee is okay (1 barista drink per day).

Cons: No bananas, unfortunately. This is sad.

3.0
Okay Coffee, Sad Banana Situation
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
March 27, 2025
Pros: Coffee is okay (1 barista drink per day).
Cons: No bananas, unfortunately. This is sad.

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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