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Software Engineer Interview Experience - India

November 13, 2025
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Process

Behavioural:

“Tell me about a time you failed. What did you do and what did you learn?”

“Describe a time when you had to make a decision with incomplete information.”

Technical / Coding:

Data structures and algorithms: e.g., “Top K frequent elements”, “Longest substring with at most K distinct characters”.

System design: “Design a bookstore system where multiple books exist and you need to return the count of a particular word appearing in a book.”

Questions

Behavioural:

“Tell me about a time you failed. What did you do and what did you learn?”

“Describe a time when you had to make a decision with incomplete information.”

Technical / Coding:

Data structures and algorithms: e.g., “Top K frequent elements”, “Longest substring with at most K distinct characters”.

System design: “Design a bookstore system where multiple books exist and you need to return the count of a particular word appearing in a boo

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 273 interview experiences for the Amazon Software Engineer role in India.

Success Rate

7%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive71%
Neutral19%
Negative10%

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

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