r/amazonsdeprep

I interviewed with Amazon in early May for the summer 2026 sde intern role. About a week after my interview I got an email saying I successfully completed my interviews and to await next steps. After exchanging emails with my recruiter they said they were searching for a team placement. Fast forward a couple of weeks and they still weren’t able to find a team placememt but asked if I was interested in a Fall internship. I wanted to know what the process for fall internship is like and how likely/long it would take for me to get matched to a team.

Hi everyone, gave an Amazon OA recently and the format seems to have changed. Two questions total.

Question 1 — DSA (40 min)

medium-to-hard DSA question. Standard type, but the 40-min limit on a harder question means you can't afford to fumble the approach early.

Question 2 — AI Assistant Coding (60 min)

This is the new part. You're given a codebase + a preview of a website. There are 3 bugs to fix, and you can use an AI assistant built into the assessment to help.

You pick one backend stack:

1. Node.js with MERN
2. Java with Spring Boot
3. Python with Django

Honest take: if you're a working professional or have real experience in any of these frameworks, this one is fairly easy. The bugs are the kind of thing you'd handle in a normal workday — it's testing whether you can navigate an unfamiliar codebase and use AI assistance well, not whether you can write algorithms from scratch.

Did anyone complete the location survey after the OA and hear back? And when? They told me they would reach out if the business needs align or something like that

cleared the oa round. and got an invite to an in person hiring drive on May 29. has anyone attention one of these? how long did it take? any tips for what should i be prepare for?!

https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonsdeprep/s/OReRmRZzc7

Got interview notification today and the interview is on 22nd may, I am up for any guidance on what topics to prepare and what I shud focus on, what to expect etc. I am stressing like hell, so any form of help is well appreciated. (I am giving it on campus)

did anyone got shortlisted for OA with above job id ?

I applied on may 3 and , it shows

only application submitted .

It doesnt even show Under consideration .

What should I infer from this ?

I received an Amazon OA last week after applying for both SDE 1 and SDE 2 roles in the USA over the past 1–2 months. It seemed to be tied to an SDE 2 opportunity because one of my SDE 2 applications changed to Under Consideration, and when I opened the assessment link it specifically mentioned completing the assessment for consideration for SDE 2 opportunities.

However, today that SDE 2 application changed to No Longer Under Consideration, and I never saw any assessment-related status update after completing the OA.

I’m wondering whether the OA results could still be linked to other active applications, or if I might still be in Amazon’s interview pipeline for SDE 2 (or potentially other opportunities).

Has anyone experienced something similar or have any insights into how Amazon handles this?

I have my technical interview tomorrow and its scheduled for an hour …What can I expect?

Hello,

What is the cool off Period for Amazon India for Data Engineer Roles..

Thank You.

Hi all!

An Amazon recruiter reached out to me 2 weeks ago (05/04) asking for my interview availability. I sent over my availability for this week (Mon–Fri), mentioning that I’ll be out of town in the (now) previous week.

After that, I heard absolutely nothing back for 2 weeks. No confirmation, no tentative dates, nothing. No replies at all. I followed up as well, but no response to that either. Since I wasn’t sure whether the interview was even happening, I ended up extending my stay out of town and scheduling - coincidentally, another interview day after tomorrow (at a different company).

Today, she suddenly emailed me saying my interview is scheduled for the day after tomorrow.

The interview is virtual, so technically I can do it, but I’d really prefer a bit more buffer/prep time than 2 days. I have been prepping, but not quite Amazon-specific prep since, again, I really figured I’m going to be rejected or something as she hadn’t replied.

So do you’ll think it’ll be OK to reschedule (to any time next week)?

At the same time, I’m worried that if I ask to reschedule, the role might get filled/closed or they may look negatively on it.

Also, if I do ask to reschedule, what’s the best reason to give? Should I just be honest?

Is there any group for incoming Seattle interns?

Hey everyone,

I’m currently preparing for placements from scratch and looking for serious study partners/group members. I’m focusing on:

• Python
• DSA
• SQL
• OOPs
• DBMS
• Backend/Development basics
• Aptitude & interview prep

The main goal is to stay consistent, solve problems together, share resources, do mock interviews, and keep each other motivated throughout the placement journey.

It would also be really helpful if seniors or experienced candidates who have cracked product-based companies or FAANG-level interviews could guide us occasionally with preparation strategy, interview experience, roadmaps, and common mistakes to avoid.

Beginners who are genuinely serious about improving are welcome too. Let’s build a focused community and help each other grow 🚀

Comment or DM if interested.

Just finished my Amazon SDE Intern interviews (2 rounds) and honestly not sure how to feel about my chances.

Background:

- ~1500+ DSA problems solved

- LC peak around 1900

- Strong focus on backend + GenAI projects

Round 1:

Started with introduction and then interviewer went deep into my GenAI project (RAG, validation, why not just use ChatGPT directly, handling generic outputs, etc.).

Then 2 DSA questions:

1. Gas station type greedy problem

2. Boats to save people (2 pointers/greedy)

He grilled me on optimizations and simplifications but overall discussion was collaborative. Then one LP question around conflict in a team.

Round 2:

Again started with intro + project discussion. Interviewer asked about how I debug AI outputs and validate Gemini responses.

Then 2 DSA questions:

1. We had prices array + M coupons. Each coupon could reduce a value by dividing by powers of 2. Needed to minimize total cost.

   I first explored some non-optimal ideas, then derived greedy + max heap approach (always reduce current maximum). Interviewer heavily grilled complexity and reasoning.

2. DP-style question where if we take value x, we cannot take adjacent values (x-1 and x+1).

   I derived the frequency/value accumulation transformation myself and explained recursion + memoization/DP approach. Interviewer asked me to manually explain the recurrence on a testcase instead of directly writing DP.

Overall both interviews were pretty probing. I wasn’t spoon-fed hints but interviewers did challenge almost every assumption and asked “why” repeatedly.

I did solve/discuss all questions, but definitely not in a perfectly smooth way. There were some corrections and optimizations during discussion.

What do you guys think realistically? Competitive enough for selection or too inconsistent?

I participated in the Amazon HackOn 2025 hackathon, and later received an application follow-up opportunity for a 6-month SDE internship.

I got shortlisted for 2 interview rounds between 15th April and 24th April.

- Interview Round 1: 24/05/2026

- Interview Round 2: 27/05/2026

I felt both rounds went well, and I was able to answer all the coding questions confidently.

However, it has been more than 3 weeks since my last interview, and I still haven’t received any selection/rejection update.

Should I continue waiting, or is it okay to send a polite follow-up email asking for an update?

Also, for people who interviewed through HackOn or Amazon internship hiring, how long did it usually take to hear back after technical rounds?

Would appreciate any advice or similar experiences.

I am a 2026 CSE(AIML) grad targeting Amazon SDE-1 roles and wanted some honest advice from people already in the industry/recently interviewed.

Current profile:

• 2 backend internships
• Java, Spring Boot, distributed systems, Redis, async workflows
• ~500 LeetCode problems solved
• Contest rating ~1645
• Built real-time collaborative platform with WebRTC + Redis Pub/Sub
• Worked on an early-stage healthcare AI startup where I mainly handled backend/distributed systems engineering

The startup part is where I am confused.

Technically, the systems I built were real:

• semantic caching
• concurrency handling
• async orchestration
• reliability mechanisms
• distributed workflows

But it never became a fully deployed production startup with real customers because development stopped early due to cofounder/product direction issues.

So I wanted advice on:

1. Should I mention this as “Founding Software Engineer” or just “Software Engineer”?
2. Is Feb 2025 - Jan 2026 a reasonable timeline to show if that was the actual active development period?
3. Would Amazon recruiters/interviewers consider this legitimate non-internship engineering experience or mostly treat it like a project?
4. For Amazon SDE-1/new grad hiring, how much does recruiter screening matter compared to OA/interview performance?
5. I heard from a senior Amazon SDE that major 2026 hiring may ramp up around Oct. Is that generally true for India hiring pipelines?

Hey guys! I have my interview loop in a couple of days and just had a quick question.

It looks like I’m going to have 4 interviews scheduled back to back and then a decision in the 1-5 after that. Does anyone know if that means 4 coding questions? I did some research myself and saw that it was 2 technicals for the first two interviewers then a sys design and then a behavioural but I just want to clarify.

If it’s only 2 technicals I’m assuming linked lists and graph traversal… if it’s 4, fuck.

my Amazon HM (Hiring Manager) interview today after a weird reschedule situation and wanted to ask if anyone else has experienced this.

Originally, my interview was scheduled back in March, but due to technical issues it got postponed. After almost 2 months, it was rescheduled for today at the exact same time/day slot as before.

So Just finished my Amazon HM round today (it lasted from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM) and I genuinely don’t know how to interpret it. Would love honest opinions from anyone who’s been through Amazon interviews.

The interview started with introductions, then we moved straight into DSA. First, I explained my approach, but the interviewer specifically asked me to solve it using a different data structure

It took me some time, but I eventually came up with the stack-based solution. After that, we spent a LOT of time debugging together. He was very calm, supportive, and collaborative throughout, which honestly surprised me.

Here’s how it went:

- First run → wrong output

- During dry run, I found a correction

- Debugged again → still wrong

- He ran the code himself → output was still incorrect

So yes, I never fully got the correct final output during the coding portion, which is the part stressing me out most.

But what’s confusing is that the interview continued for a full 1.5 hours. We then had an in-depth GenAI discussion:

- My previous GenAI projects/experience

- My technical skills

- How GenAI tools are used in their org

- Their workflows and internal use cases

I also asked him for feedback. He didn’t directly say pass/fail and mentioned he’d share feedback with the recruiter instead. The main suggestion he gave me was to improve my debugging skills, but he also said everything else looked good.

So now I’m really confused:

- Is the incorrect final code a major red flag?

- Or is the long duration + supportive behavior + deep GenAI discussion a positive sign?

- Has anyone had an HM round where coding wasn’t perfect but still moved forward?

Amazon interviews are so hard to read, especially when the interviewer is calm and engaged the whole time.

I am currently working in a Big 4 with (1.3+.06)yoe. Facing "depraisals", facing PIP for crossing Manager. Explaining Manager that more people doesn't mean faster work and handling Excel sheets for survival.

I have been grinding Leetcode since 4th Year. I have applied to Amazon for 70+ times in last 3 years.

I applied to Amazon AUTA and completed their test in March. There were 2 questions.

Q1. You have a set of blocks of dimension 2×1. You can either place it vertically, so that it takes 1 unit of horizontal space, or horizontally, so that it takes 2 units of horizontal space, and we can stack 2 blocks, one over another. You can colour each block in 3 colour's, such that no 2 blocks have same colour, horizontally or vertically. How many colour combos are possible.

Q2. You are given an array and integer. You can select a subarray and multiply it with the integer or divide with it. Calculate the greatest subarray sum you can get by performing 1 of the operations.

Completed both of them. Recieved Interview Call in May, to Hyderabad.

Round 1:

DSA and LP

Q1. Binary Search in Rotated Sorted Matrix. (EXACT)

Q2. Modified LCA, where each node can have any number of children, and we need to find out the distance between the 2 nodes.

Was asked to define the class structure and constructor for the same.

Verdict: Cleared. The interviewers even praised my communication and explanation skills(Thanks to Big 4 to make an Engineer, who just wants to be a Developer, to handle clients every day for a living)

Round 2:

TRAIN WRECK!!!!!

The Interviewer was an Senior SDE, with 5+ yoe in Amazon. He deep dived into LLD!!!

I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT LLD, SOLID AND WHATSOEVER.

Was given a problem on Designing a package like UNIX Find. Where I need to write classes find files according to their extensions, and their size.

I first started by saying, that I am assuming that the files are stored in cloud, since that's what I have been working for past 1.9 years. Making an index DB with string name, double size, string location (Address to body in ADLS)

His reaction, why cloud storage, why are you making the problem difficult. He then asked me to define all the classes.

I first started to create classes for CRUD.

His reply, Why are you focusing on CRUD. I am only interested in Retrieval.

I then started with creation of overloaded functions, where if number and charecter for comparison is entered, it will query for every entry according to the operator and threshold. And if string is entered, it will check if the string starts with ".", then it will query all the file names, and do string matching, later updating the schema by adding another column as file type.

He then started asking about what will happen for multiple queries.

I again went on with function overloading, where one will be the usual, another will be taking an added parameter of a vector, from the previous query.

He dismissed it entirely, saying my code doesn't have scope of Scaling/Changing.

My last effort was to say that we can declare an array of size = entire db, and increment the counter for each cell for every query it matches.

Again he dismissed by saying, I am more focused on the solution than the structure.

Then he jumped to LP, and asked about a time I did something outside my responsibilities.

I started with an experience where I sacrificed my WFH and went to their office in my hometown to tutor a senior on the projects tech stacks (To someone, who has 5 times my experience, getting paid thrice as much as mine, reported my work as his own, and had me thrown out of the team😅)

He bluntly said that he is not interested about how I helped out at teammate, and wants an answer that is oriented to me using a different techstack.

I shared another experience, which again he contradicted. I ended up explaining to him what a demerger is and how the original table is NOT a parent table.

Verdict: REJECTED

Well, not everyone has got a happy story to share, ig!! Back to handling Excel Sheets...

😅😅😅