Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE II) interview questions

Part of the interview was through Hackerrank, and then another was through their own proprietary software. You complete the coding assessment and then move on to a simulation of a day in the life of an SDE, basically an interactive questionnaire that simulates receiving correspondence from colleagues and corroborating proper responses based on the situation and timeline of events. The coding questions were simple, but one of the questions had incorrect instructions, the test case enumerated in the instructions depicted a completely different set of logic from what was actually required and this burnt through too much time on my end trying to figure out what’s wrong. Unfortunately companies don’t care about quality assurance in this aspect, and just want to shuffle humans around like obedient cattle.

There are five rounds in the selection process. The first round is a coding assessment, followed by three one-hour interview rounds conducted on the same day. The topics covered include Data Structures, System Design, and Amazon's leadership principles. The coding assessment consists of two parts and is at a minimum level comparable to LeetCode. After the coding assessment, there are three one-hour rounds, culminating in a final round with the hiring manager.