Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) II interview questions
Updated May 31, 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 37%Applied onlineApplied online
- 13%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
280 interviews
Amazon interviews FAQs
- Software Development Engineer (SDE) II applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) II roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) II according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 10%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Background check: 3%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 3%
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