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.
Topics
25
Difficulty
5 / 5
AI policy
prohibited
Verified
2026-05-17
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
Recruiter screen
30 minphonephone-screen - 2
Online Assessment (2 coding + work-style survey)
70 minoacoding - 3
Phone screen (1 coding + LP behavioral)
60 minphonecoding · behavioral - 4
Onsite, 2 coding (LC medium + OOP/LLD)
60 minvirtual-onsitecoding - 5
Onsite, System design (L5+)
60 minvirtual-onsitesystem-design - 6
Onsite, 1–2 dedicated behavioral rounds
60 minvirtual-onsitebehavioral - 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
Debrief / hiring committee + offer + team match
virtual-onsitebehavioral