Amazon Sr. Software Engineer II interview questions
Updated Dec 24, 2025
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Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
50%
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Recruiter
50%
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Sr. Software Engineer II applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Initial recruiter screenrole alignment, experience, and logistics
Technical interview(s), coding, system design, and problem-solving relevant to the role
Deep-dive / practical exercise – real-world scenarios or take-home task
Team & culture interviews, collaboration, communication, and values fit
Final discussion, leadership alignment, Q&A, and offer review
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They focused on how I’ve designed and scaled real-world systems end to end—specifically asking me to walk through a concrete example where I took a complex system from requirements to production, handled trade-offs, and resolved failures under real constraints.
It's important to prepare thoroughly for each stage of the interview process, including researching Amazon's culture and leadership principles, practicing coding problems and technical concepts, and being ready to discuss your past experiences in detail. Good luck!
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2021
Interview
1 round code which I had extra 30 minutes after finishing it,
4 round of onsite interviews.
Racist people, please don't interview people if you know you are racist. Most of Chinese and Indian people in my interviews were racist. Specially Chinese people. Unfortunately this is how the tech area look like right now. That is why we have no good technology out there other than Tesla.