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SDE-I at Amazon

Difficulty
Process took
2-3 Weeks
Rounds
3
Format
Remote
Applied via
Referral

How it went

  • My suggestion, Solve medium and hard problems while verbalizing your thought process, not just blindly coding. Try explaining your solution to yourself or a peer before typing it out.

What they would tell you

  • My suggestion, Solve medium and hard problems while verbalizing your thought process, not just blindly coding. Try explaining your solution to yourself or a peer before typing it out.

How to prepare

  • Coding platforms are great for building intuition on arrays, trees, graphs, and DP. However, Amazon questions often test problem-solving beyond textbook problems, they want to see how you approach vague scenarios, design your own data structures, or optimize runtime for real-world constraints.

Their background

I’m a junior engineer with a few years of experience, eager for my first MAANG shot. I applied to Amazon for SDE-I role and was surprised and a little intimidated by the process, especially as it was my first time interviewing at this level.

Round by round

  1. 1

    Online Assessment60 min

    Two coding questions, both involving arrays, medium difficulty.

  2. 2

    Technical Round 160 min

    Coding: Design a data structure to find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) between two nodes in a hierarchy (e.g., company org chart). I had to suggest both the class structure and the method, aiming for O(log n) LP: Describe an experience where you stepped outside your comfort zone. Tell me about a time you overcame a significant obstacle.

  3. 3

    Technical Round 260 min

    Behavioral Questions:

    • Tell me about a time you struggled and what you did to solve it.

    • Tell me about a time you learned from a previous mistake. Technical Question:

    • Given two streams of integers (already sorted), merge them into a single sorted stream.

What came up

MediumRemote1 2 years

A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.

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