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      Software Development Engineer Intern Interview

      14 Mar 2013
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience

      Application

      I applied through university. I interviewed at Amazon

      Other Software Development Engineer Intern interview reviews for Amazon

      Software Development Engineer Intern Interview

      17 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Vancouver, BC
      Accepted offer
      The process took 4 weeks. 

      Interview

      Amazon held a tech-talk on campus, which I attended. Afterwards, there were recruiters collecting resumes. I gave the recruiter my resume and waited to hear back. I heard back about one month later, and scheduled an on-campus interview. There were two back-to-back 45 minute interviews, which both involved coding with a pen and paper. During the first interview, we talked a bit about my resume, then got into some tech questions. Nothing too difficult, just practice what you learned in class. Bit-shifting and data structures, mostly. Also, KNOW YOUR TIME/SPACE COMPLEXITIES. Seriously. Before you offer a solution, know what its time/space complexity is, because they will ask for it. Lastly, there was a general logic question, which I didn't have time to answer, but I emailed the interviewer the answer later. Then, I was able to ask the interviewer some questions. The second interview wasn't very hard, just two slightly longer questions. The solutions weren't difficult, but they had a lot of corner cases that you needed to watch out for. Be very cogniscent of that: If a question seems really easy, watch for corner cases. After that, same story, asked the interviewer some questions. Got the offer four days after the interview. Some tips/notes: 1) Be yourself! Be friendly and nice. Don't be afraid to make a joke. Don't be awkward or nervous. Just relax. You've got this. It's very important to be well-spoken. 2) Know your time/space complexities. 3) Go over your data structures. Know them better than you know yourself. 4) Watch for corner cases. 5) If you slip up, just explain yourself and your mistake. They'll understand, we all do it. 6) Be VERY vocal about what you're thinking about. They care about how you arrive at the answer. 7) If they give you a question that you have heard before, tell them. They appreciate the honesty, and then you get a chance to talk a bit about the answer. I was given one question that I already knew the answer to, I simply told the interviewer that I was already familiar with this question, and gave him my solution. We talked about it, and then I was asked to come up with a different solution to the same problem. 8) Probably not something to stress about, but it probably helps to dress nice. Nothing amazing, I just wore a button-up and nice jeans. The point is, don't show up in a T-shirt and daisy dukes, or something. Dress like you care. You should care, after all. 9) If you've got an interview scheduled and you're reading this, like I was reading all of these before mine, you're probably stressing out like I was. Just calm down. Relax. Everything is going to be okay. You got the interview because they saw something in you. YOU'RE GOING TO DO FANTASTIC. I believe in you.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Nothing was too difficult. Bit-shifting, data structures, efficiency.
      Answer question
      46
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC)

      Interview

      One online assessment and one virtual interview included a coding round and leadership principle questions; overall, the process was fairly straightforward and not overly challenging for me throughout the experience.

      Software Development Engineer Intern Interview

      14 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Bellevue, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (Bellevue, WA)

      Interview

      2 rounds: 1st round: 3 behaviorals: Tell me about yourself, tell me about a time you used Gen AI, tell me about a time you faced a problem in one of your experiences Leetcode similar to LRU Cache but a variant 2nd round: 3 more behaviorals; tell me about yourself, a specific experience in my internship, a time you disagreed with manager/peer on a project

      Software Development Engineer Intern Interview

      23 Mar 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Seattle, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      Pretty difficult OA didn't need to get full score. One round technical interview with SDE. Interview was pretty easy, most people I knew at school and friends ended up passing the interview. Took about 1 month to hear back after interview

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Know how to implement DFS and BFS well
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