mag7 · Expert

Amazon

LC medium dominant. Trees (LCA, vertical order, diameter), Graphs (BFS islands, course schedule), OOP design (parking lot, Amazon locker). Behavioral grades all 16 LPs.

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Topics

25

Difficulty

5 / 5

AI policy

prohibited

Verified

2026-05-17

Leadership Principles HeavyBar Raiser

AI tool usage banned. Amazon's in-house LiveCode tool (text-only, no syntax highlighting).

Process · 8 rounds

Interview Loop

The standardised Amazon pipeline. Numbers reflect typical SWE loops; senior loops add depth.

  1. 1

    Recruiter screen

    30 minphonephone-screen
  2. 2

    Online Assessment (2 coding + work-style survey)

    70 minoacoding
  3. 3

    Phone screen (1 coding + LP behavioral)

    60 minphonecoding · behavioral
  4. 4

    Onsite, 2 coding (LC medium + OOP/LLD)

    60 minvirtual-onsitecoding
  5. 5

    Onsite, System design (L5+)

    60 minvirtual-onsitesystem-design
  6. 6

    Onsite, 1–2 dedicated behavioral rounds

    60 minvirtual-onsitebehavioral
  7. 7

    Bar Raiser round

    Reinstated for SDE-1 (L4) Aug 2024. Veto power. Trained interviewer from outside hiring team.

    60 minvirtual-onsitebar-raiser · behavioral
  8. 8

    Debrief / hiring committee + offer + team match

    virtual-onsitebehavioral