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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      Oct 17, 2011
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2011

      Interview

      Applied for the recent grad Software Developer position. I got an email about a month later stating I was selected for a phone interview. I was called at the exact time stated in the email. The interviewer had a strong accent and was hard to understand over the phone. First, basic questions were asked such as why you wanted to work at Amazon, etc. Eventually went to technical questions, which since Java was my strong suit listed, was about Java. A bunch of things about OOP and Java specifics: inheritance, interfaces and abstract classes, difference between final, finally and finalizer, etc. Then I was given a coding problem. This part was kind of awkward. I was told to put the phone down for a few minutes and code, then read the code back to him over the phone. So imagine reading code over the phone: int, functionName, left parentheses, int x, right parentheses, open curly brace.... Anyway, I was emailed 3 days later stating I was not selected. Overall, the phone interview was not difficult. Just brush up on what you learned before.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      What is a hash table and what would you use it for?
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      Question 2

      Write the a function that counts all pairs in an array.
      Answer question

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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      Jun 17, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon

      Interview

      Surprisingly easy — I expected tougher questions, but the coding round felt more like a warm-up. The main challenge was a DSA problem about counting islands in a 2D grid, which led to a discussion on DFS versus BFS and handling large grids. Funny enough, I had revisited that exact type of question while prepping on PracHub, which made me feel more confident. The interview wrapped up with a behavioral round, and I accepted an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it for another opportunity. Overall, it was a smooth experience.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Number of Islands — given a 2D grid of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of connected islands. Walk through DFS vs BFS, and discuss how to avoid revisiting cells (in-place mutation vs visited set) and what changes if the grid is huge and must stream from disk.
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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      Jun 3, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon

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      It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.

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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      May 26, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      São Paulo, SP
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (São Paulo, SP)

      Interview

      Um teste de código online, se aprovado, vai para o loop. O loop é 4 entrevistas seguidas, duas em inglês e duas em português. 3 entrevistas técnicas de código, todas as 4 têm pergunta de liderança.

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      Question 1

      Pergunta historicas baseada nos principios de lideranca da amazon.
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