SWE Intern Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
January 1, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
First, I completed the OA on HackerRank. It included one medium-level string manipulation question and a DP question. Then, I participated in a 45-minute behavioral and technical interview. I was asked one medium LeetCode question and one behavioral question.
Questions
Basically, an LRU cache LeetCode question.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 38 interview experiences for the Amazon SWE Intern role in Seattle, Washington.
Success Rate
16%
Pass Rate
Amazon's interview process for their SWE Intern roles in Seattle, Washington is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive61%
Neutral37%
Negative3%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's SWE Intern interview process in Seattle, Washington.
Amazon Work Experiences
3.0
Exciting Problems, Little Direction
SWE Intern • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
October 11, 2022
Pros: Exciting technical problems in the domains of distributed computing and data centers.
Cons: Poor team management (my experience at AWS). Very little direction for interns.
3.0
Good Mentor, Scope Issues
SWE Intern • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
November 9, 2025
Pros: Helpful mentor
Learns a lot
Cons: Scopes project not so good sometimes.
5.0
Great Company, Almost Perfect
SWE Intern • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
January 31, 2022
Pros: Good company, Fame, Projects, Salary, location
Cons: There were really no cons except PIP.
- 3.0Exciting Problems, Little DirectionSWE Intern • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesOctober 11, 2022Pros: Exciting technical problems in the domains of distributed computing and data centers.Cons: Poor team management (my experience at AWS). Very little direction for interns.
- 3.0Good Mentor, Scope IssuesSWE Intern • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 9, 2025Pros: Helpful mentor Learns a lotCons: Scopes project not so good sometimes.
- 5.0Great Company, Almost PerfectSWE Intern • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 31, 2022Pros: Good company, Fame, Projects, Salary, locationCons: There were really no cons except PIP.
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