SDE-intern applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon Web Services with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SDE-intern roles take an average of 65 days to get hired, when considering 35 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon Web Services overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon Web Services as a SDE-intern according to 35 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 29%
Background check: 16%
Phone interview: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Group panel interview: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Cape Town) in Mar 2025
Interview
I interviewed with AWS (SA) for the SDE Internship position. The first step was the CV screening which I passed and was then given an Online Assessment to do in about 2 weeks. I did fairly well on the assessment and I got an interview which I had about 5 days to attend. The interviewer was so polite and made me feel comfortable. I think I did good on the behavioural side of the interview however my lack of proficiency in graphs at that time caught up with me as I was given a graph problem that I couldn’t solve.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you placed on a spot to do something very meaningful.
OA (Online Assessment) on Hackerrank consisting of a coding part (2 leetcodes) and a pretty long behavioral. They simulate real work scenario and you have to reply (multiple choice questions) how you would behave in a certain situation
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Medium-difficulty leetcodes including sliding window and graphs
2 leetcode mediums, 1 is on the slightly easier side, basic big O time complexity space complexity asked etc . . . also went over resume and behavioral leadership principles
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 leetcode mediums, 1 is on the slightly easier side
I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (New York, NY)
Interview
I got LeetCode questions and 3 Behavioral questions (satisfying Amazon Leadership with the STAR method). The Leetcode question is based on a conceptual tree-related question, and I completed my behavior round well. Everything went smoothly. The no.of questions varies based on interviewer.