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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

February 18, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Loop Interview

Round 1 - 30 minutes LP followed by a LeetCode problem (Trees related)

Round 2 - 2 coding questions:

  • One was similar to LRU cache.
  • The other was a matrix traversal in 8 directions (graph depth-first search).

Round 3 - Behavioral (Leadership Principles)

Overall, difficulty was intermediate.

Questions

Give me two reasons why we should not hire you for this role.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 271 interview experiences for the Amazon Software Development Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

28%
Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive55%
Neutral32%
Negative13%

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

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