SDE-1 [L4] at Amazon

How it went

What they would tell you

How to prepare

Their background

Round by round

1. 1

   Online Assessment60 min

   The online test had few parts. First, there were 2 coding problems, both DSA-based, not too hard but time was tight Then came interesting Work Simulation where you go through mock email situations and rate responses based on how effective they are The final section was behavioral MCQs, again same principles

2. 2

   Technical Round 160 min

   Started with some introductions and project discussion, mainly about what part I handled and what impact I had, then jumped into two DSA questions, pretty standard ones, Toward the end, the interviewer asked few things about my past work experience and tech stack I used

   • Evaluate Reverse Polish Notation
   • Strong Password Checker
3. 3

   Technical Round 260 min

   Interview started with introductions, followed by a few behavioral questions aligned with Amazon’s LPs, Interviewer gave two DSA questions, one kind of like Closest Divisors and the other Topological Sort based problem

   • Closest Divisors
4. 4

   Bar Raiser60 min

   DevOps concepts from my resume, asked few LP questions & wrapped up with short discussion about my past projects and responsibilities

What came up