Amazon

SWE New Grad Interview Experience

August 13, 2026

Neutral ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Good, they were nice. I flew out to meet the team and there were a few interviews. Good communication. The CodeSignal was confusing at first because there is an AI round now.

Questions

Fix backend calls on CodeSignal

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 38 interview experiences for the Amazon SWE New Grad role.

Success Rate

8%

Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their SWE New Grad roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral39%

Negative11%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's SWE New Grad interview process.

Amazon Work Experiences

Good Team, Layoff Concerns

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Good team. The salary is not bad.

Cons: Pip. Lay off and so on.

Good Team, Layoff Concerns

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Good team. The salary is not bad.

Cons: Pip. Lay off and so on.

Great Resources, Toxic Culture

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Good benefits. Good resources. High learning curve.

Cons: Toxic culture, no development provided.

Great Resources, Toxic Culture

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Good benefits. Good resources. High learning curve.

Cons: Toxic culture, no development provided.

Mentorship is strong, but pace is too slow

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

October 28, 2026

Pros: There was good mentorship and a good pace for a slow learner.

Cons: Everything moves very, very slowly.

Mentorship is strong, but pace is too slow

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

October 28, 2026

Pros: There was good mentorship and a good pace for a slow learner.

Cons: Everything moves very, very slowly.

Good Team, Layoff Concerns

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Good team. The salary is not bad.

Cons: Pip. Lay off and so on.

5.0
Good Team, Layoff Concerns
SWE New Grad • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
May 17, 2023
Pros: Good team. The salary is not bad.
Cons: Pip. Lay off and so on.

Great Resources, Toxic Culture

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Good benefits. Good resources. High learning curve.

Cons: Toxic culture, no development provided.

1.0
Great Resources, Toxic Culture
SWE New Grad • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
May 6, 2023
Pros: Good benefits. Good resources. High learning curve.
Cons: Toxic culture, no development provided.

Mentorship is strong, but pace is too slow

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

October 28, 2026

Pros: There was good mentorship and a good pace for a slow learner.

Cons: Everything moves very, very slowly.

3.0
Mentorship is strong, but pace is too slow
SWE New Grad • Current Employee
Austin, TX
October 28, 2026
Pros: There was good mentorship and a good pace for a slow learner.
Cons: Everything moves very, very slowly.

Amazon Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

You're given daily stock prices. Find the maximum profit you can make by buying and selling the stock once. You must buy before you sell.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Reorganize String

Rearrange the characters in a given string such that no two adjacent characters are the same. If such an arrangement is possible, return it; otherwise, return an empty string.

StringsGreedy AlgorithmsArrays

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