Amazon SDE-1/FE-1 Interview Experience | Hyderabad | Batch 2024 | Selected

About Me:

• Education: B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, Batch of 2024 from a Tier-3 college
• Current Experience: 1.5 years of Front-End development experience at a service-based company

I applied for the SDE-1 role through the Amazon Careers portal within a day of the job posting. I received the OA (Online Assessment) link the next day, completed it within two days, and got the clearance email three days later.

Initially, I went through three interview rounds for the SDE role. However, due to my significant Front-End experience, Amazon decided to consider me for the Front-End Engineer I role and scheduled one additional interview round.

Interview Process:

Round 1:

• Call Received: 7th April 2025
• Interview Date: 18th April 2025
• Structure: Introduction + 2 DSA Questions
  • Maximum Points You Can Obtain from Cards
  • Edit Distance

I was asked to explain the brute-force approach first and then progressively optimize it. Solved both questions within the allotted time.

Round 2:

• Call Received: 28th April 2025
• Interview Date: 30th April 2025
• Structure: Introduction + 2 Leadership Principle (LP) Questions + 1 DSA/LLD Question
  • LRU Cache

I was expected to write production-ready, optimal code. I missed a test case during the interview but identified it afterward.

Leadership Principles Questions:

• Tell me a time where you have taken out of your responsibility.
• Tell me a time where you worked on tight deadlines.

I prepared a lot of questions using the STAR method but you don't remember it while answering the questions.

Round 3:

• Call Received: 19th May 2025
• Initial Schedule: 21st May 2025
• Rescheduled: 2nd June 2025
• Interview Date: 6th June 2025

This round focused heavily on Amazon Leadership Principles. I spoke about my work and experiences for the entire hour, with lots of follow-up questions based on my responses. Also covered some theoretical questions on React and JavaScript.

Round 4:

• Call Received: 20th June 2025
• Interview Date: 23rd June 2025
• Structure: Introduction + 1 Development Task + 1 LLD Question + 2 LP Questions
  • Development: Build an Analog Clock using HTML/CSS/JS.
  • LLD: Design a Banking System with the following requirements:
    • Account Types:
      • A user can open either a Savings Account or a Current Account.
      • Savings Account provides monthly interest.
      • Current Account incurs a monthly maintenance charge.
    • Basic Operations:
      • Deposit money into the account.
      • Withdraw money from the account.
      • Check current balance.
    • Month-End Processing:
      • For a Savings Account, apply the monthly interest rate to the balance.
      • For a Current Account, deduct the monthly maintenance charge from the balance.

  Leadership Principles Questions:

  • You were working on a project with a 15-day deadline, but after some time, you realized that the tasks would actually take 2-3 months to complete. How would you handle this situation?
  • Tell me a time where you did something without telling your manager. What was that? Why didn't you tell?

  I answered all questions confidently. Both interviewers appeared very satisfied.

  Final Outcome:

  I received the selection call the very next day — 24th June 2025. This is how I made it into one of my dream companies — Amazon.

  Om Namah Shivay!🙏