Amazon

SWE Interview Experience

January 29, 2022

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Got LeetCode medium-type questions and had several rounds of interviews, ranging from phone screen to onsite interview. The interview was well-organized, and the interviewers were friendly and helpful with problems.

Questions

Merge Intervals LeetCode Medium Question

Was this helpful?

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the Amazon SWE role in United States.

Success Rate

8%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive42%

Neutral50%

Negative8%

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

Amazon Work Experiences

Good Pay, Smart Peers, Amazon Lock-in

SWE • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

October 31, 2020

Pros: Good Pay. Good for networking with peers, since most are from good institutes.

Cons: Most of the software used was Amazon-specific. Burnout

Good Pay, Smart Peers, Amazon Lock-in

SWE • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

October 31, 2020

Pros: Good Pay. Good for networking with peers, since most are from good institutes.

Cons: Most of the software used was Amazon-specific. Burnout

Fun, Relaxed Intern Role

SWE • Former Employee

Pros: Fun intern, not much expectation.

Cons: Large + politics, intern was a bit unorganized.

Fun, Relaxed Intern Role

SWE • Former Employee

Pros: Fun intern, not much expectation.

Cons: Large + politics, intern was a bit unorganized.

Learning Lots, Very Stressful

SWE • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: I learn a lot of things.

Cons: It is really stressful at work.

Learning Lots, Very Stressful

SWE • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: I learn a lot of things.

Cons: It is really stressful at work.

Good Pay, Smart Peers, Amazon Lock-in

SWE • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

October 31, 2020

Pros: Good Pay. Good for networking with peers, since most are from good institutes.

Cons: Most of the software used was Amazon-specific. Burnout

4.0
Good Pay, Smart Peers, Amazon Lock-in
SWE • Former Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
October 31, 2020
Pros: Good Pay. Good for networking with peers, since most are from good institutes.
Cons: Most of the software used was Amazon-specific. Burnout

Fun, Relaxed Intern Role

SWE • Former Employee

Pros: Fun intern, not much expectation.

Cons: Large + politics, intern was a bit unorganized.

4.0
Fun, Relaxed Intern Role
SWE • Former Employee
April 25, 2022
Pros: Fun intern, not much expectation.
Cons: Large + politics, intern was a bit unorganized.

Learning Lots, Very Stressful

SWE • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: I learn a lot of things.

Cons: It is really stressful at work.

5.0
Learning Lots, Very Stressful
SWE • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
June 23, 2024
Pros: I learn a lot of things.
Cons: It is really stressful at work.

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

Copyright © Taro