Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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ChennaiPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My Amazon SDE-2 process felt structured and multi-step, starting with leadership-principles style questions and then moving into a more classic mix of coding and final rounds.

I first encountered an OA that included two coding questions plus a chunk of multiple-choice questions. After that, I went into a hacker-rank style coding round with two coding questions and a survey tied to the leadership principles. From there, I ended up in a longer face-to-face interview where I was asked two coding questions.

Even though my technical answers were generally where I did well, the behavioral piece was the stressful part of the loop. One question format that threw me off was responding to an “exceeding expectations” style prompt: I tried to lay out a complete STAR-style

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