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Software Engineer II SDE2 Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

August 16, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Data Structures

  • HashMaps / Dictionaries: insertion, deletion, lookup, counting frequencies.
  • Arrays & Strings: sliding window, two pointers, prefix sums.
  • Linked Lists, Trees, Graphs basics if asked.

Algorithms

  • Sorting and searching.
  • Hash-based problems (two-sum, subarrays with sum k, etc.).
  • Recursion and backtracking for small problems.

SQL & Database

  • Complex joins, aggregations, subqueries.
  • Optimizing queries.
  • Data transformation (ETL) logic.

Questions

The interview was very tough. It happened for an hour and asked questions about LeetCode.

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Interview Statistics

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Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their Software Engineer II SDE2 roles in Seattle, Washington is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive40%
Neutral50%
Negative10%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's Software Engineer II SDE2 interview process in Seattle, Washington.

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