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Got the offer

SDE 1 at Amazon

Difficulty
Process took
2-3 Weeks
Rounds
4
Format
Remote
Applied via
Company Website

How it went

Honestly, Amazon interviews are like a full workout for both your brain and communication skills. Don’t just memorize solutions. They loved seeing how you reason through a problem. LLD matters more than I expected.

What they would tell you

Honestly, Amazon interviews are like a full workout for both your brain and communication skills. Don’t just memorize solutions. They loved seeing how you reason through a problem. LLD matters more than I expected.

How to prepare

For OA, time management and reading questions carefully is crucial.

Their background

Hey everyone, Sharing my experience interviewing for Amazon SDE 1. takeuforward was a huge part of my prep journey, and I hope this helps anyone preparing for similar interviews

Round by round

  1. 1

    OA60 min

    In OA, 2 DSA problems one easy-to-medium, and one medium-to-hard & virtual office simulation scenarios, like handling emails or other workflow tasks and amazon workstyle assessment

  2. 2

    Low-Level Design round60 min

    LLD Question: Design a Type-Ahead Search Service (Autocomplete System) for an e-commerce platform.

    • Requirements:
    • Given a prefix, return top-k search suggestions
    • Support real-time updates when new products are added
    • Handle high query load efficiently
    • Focus Areas:
    • Data structures for fast prefix lookup (Trie or Hash-based)
    • Caching strategies for popular queries
    • Clean class design for the service and APIs
    • Extensibility for multiple languages or regional catalogs The interviewer was interested in how I structured the classes and APIs, the system could scale under heavy traffic
  3. 3

    Coding Round60 min

    Two coding problems, one was modified hard problem, digit count in range- count how many times a digit occurs in a given inclusive range Amazon-internal real-life scenario question simulating an operational or product problem Followed by Leadership Principles (LP) questions

  4. 4

    Bar Raiser Round60 min

    • Leadership Principles
    • Discussed my resume, projects, and past internships in depth
    • Questions were about ownership, handling ambiguous situations, and problem-solving
    • Interviewer probed deeper into few answers, but I stayed confident

What came up

Medium HardRemote1 2 years

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

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