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Software Development Engineer (SDE1) Interview Experience

May 20, 2025
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Process

Interview Loop:

  • Coding Round: Two LeetCode-based questions.
  • Design Round: LLD or other programming questions, behavioral questions, and resume questions.
  • Leadership Principles: Behavioral questions.

Questions

Coding Round:

Return Increasing Triplet Subsequence:

Example Input: [3, 4, 1, 6] Example Output: [3, 4, 6]

  1. Maximum Subarray

Design Round:

  • Scheduling Task: Given a list of jobs with time and the required resource count, return the minimum number of resources needed at any point in time to run all jobs without delay.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 32 interview experiences for the Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE1) role in United States.

Success Rate

3%
Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their Software Development Engineer (SDE1) roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive63%
Neutral16%
Negative22%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's Software Development Engineer (SDE1) interview process in United States.

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