Hey LeetCoders! Just wanted to share my Amazon interview experience as it might help someone preparing for similar roles.
I’m a 2025 pass-out from a Tier-3 college, and I recently cracked Amazon SDE role off-campus.

Timeline & Detailed Process:

Application & OA (June 30) :

• Applied through Amazon career portal
  Same day received OA link (super quick!)
• OA Format:
  • 2 medium-level coding problems (60 minutes total)
  • Work style assessment (Amazon Leadership Principles based)

Tip: Time management is crucial here and Don’t underestimate the Workstyle Assessment it plays a big role!

Post-OA (July 2) :

• Got the mail – “Congratulations on clearing the OA!”
• Had to fill hiring interest form + share coding profiles (LeetCode, CF etc.)
• They schedule interviews based on your coding profile strength.

Round 1 - Technical (July 11, 60 minutes) :

Structure:

• First 45 minutes: 2 coding problems
• Problem 1: Variation of Task scheduler : https://leetcode.com/problems/task-scheduler/description/
• Problem 2: Variation of Remove All Adjacent Duplicates in String II : https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-all-adjacent-duplicates-in-string-ii/description/
• Last 15 minutes: Leadership principles questions

Round 2 - Technical (July 25, 60 minutes) :

This got rescheduled 5 times (July 17→18→22→23→25) .

Structure:

• Introduction + background discussion
• 1 Linked List coding question:
  • Sort singly ll : https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-list/description/
• 3-4 follow-up variations of the same problem:
  • Add an option to sort in ascending or descending order
  • Sort by the number of set bits
  • In addition to the above, sort the list by the number of zeros
• Each follow-up required separate coding + dry run + complexity analysis
• Last 10 minutes: Leadership principles

Round 3 - Bar Raiser (August 1, 60 minutes) :

Structure:

• Introduction
• 30-40 minutes: Deep dive into Amazon Leadership Principles
• 1 coding question:
  • Variation of combination sum problem: https://leetcode.com/problems/combination-sum/description/
  • First gave brute force approach with TC/SC
  • Then optimized to backtracking solution
  • Interviewer was satisfied, so coded it up
  • Did complete dry run

Final Result ✅ (August 6):
Got the call on Wednesday evening - OFFER EXTENDED!

What they expect:

• Write optimal code on shared Doc
• Dry run code on given test cases
• Explain time & space complexity
• Clear communication of approach

Resources Used:

• For technical interviews : Striver sheet
• For more interview expierences: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6630743/amazon-sde-1-interview-experiences-by-an-mo5g/
• For leadership principles : https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6482779/amazon-lp-questions-list-that-i-created-xg3fb/