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      Software Development Engineer I Interview

      3 May 2012
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA

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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      3 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2011

      Interview

      I talked to a recruiter at a career fair at my school about the position. He asked me a question about linked lists that I thought I had bombed then turned in my resume. A few days later I got an email inviting me to come out to Seattle to interview for the position. The interview process was pretty typical. It consisted of four 45 minute interviews with four employees from a variety of different departments. The interviewers were all very approachable and made me feel comfortable throughout the process. The interviews began with a few personal questions designed to get a feel for your goals and expectations, followed by a few short answer questions about a variety of computer science topics, and then one (or more if you finish quickly) coding exercise done on a whiteboard. The questions varied in difficulty, but nothing was impossible. It was my impression that the answer is not as important as your ability to communicate your thought process to them while you're working. I got this feeling from all other places I interviewed, so it is probably a good thing to practice for an interview. You have to be able to convey your thoughts to another person in any job. I heard within three days that they wanted to offer me a full time position for after graduation. The offer seemed very generous, though I don't have much to compare it to. They had another event a few weeks later where they flew out everybody that had an offer from them. They introduced us to several departments and gave us a pretty good feel for what it would be like to work there. They also gave us an extra night's stay in the city to explore the city. Overall, I think they did a great job of selling themselves.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

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      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon

      Interview

      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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      Question 1

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      Software Development Engineer Interview

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

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (São Paulo, São Paulo)

      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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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      11 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon

      Interview

      The whole process stretched over nearly a month, longer than I anticipated. After an initial phone screen, I faced a technical round that included a Min Stack implementation question. We discussed design considerations and thread safety, which threw me for a bit. Fortunately, I remembered a specific mock interview I practiced on PracHub that mirrored this scenario closely, making me feel more at ease. Ultimately, I received an offer, but I chose to decline due to the company culture not feeling like the right fit.