Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE II interview questions
Updated May 31, 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 37%Applied onlineApplied online
- 13%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
280 interviews
Amazon interviews FAQs
- Software Development Engineer SDE II applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer SDE II roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 175 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer SDE II according to 175 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 18%
Personality test: 10%
Group panel interview: 8%
Presentation: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
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