# Amazon Software Development Engineer Intern Interview Experience Aced (formerly Exponent) publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access. Source: https://www.aced.io/experiences/amazon-software-engineer-intern-interview-bef23e Source observed: 2026-11-04T23:27:54.239Z Last checked: 2026-11-04T23:27:54.239+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-06T12:10:13.009+00:00 --- # Amazon Software Development Engineer Intern Interview Experience We provide interview preparation resources through Aced, formerly Exponent. This page records an Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) intern interview experience submitted by an Amazon candidate. It belongs to our Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) Interview Guide. - [Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) Interview Guide](https://www.aced.io/guides/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview) - [62 Amazon interview experiences](https://www.aced.io/guides/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview/experiences) - [250 interview questions](https://www.aced.io/guides/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview/questions) - [482 resumes](https://www.aced.io/guides/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview/resumes) Updated 3 days ago by Amazon candidates. ## Interview overview - **Company:** Amazon - **Role:** Software Development Engineer Intern - **Candidate location:** United States - **Format:** Onsite - **Submission:** A month ago - **Interview date:** 8 months ago - **Timespan:** 2 months - **Result:** Rejected - **Difficulty:** Moderate ## Interview process The candidate received a LeetCode question with a couple of follow-up questions and a question about time complexity. Amazon also asked, “why Amazon?” - Technical interview ## Interview rounds The experience contained **1 question across 1 round**. ### Technical interview - **Question count:** 1 - **Question type:** [Coding](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=coding) - **Specific question:** [Maximum Number of Non-Overlapping Substrings](https://www.aced.io/questions/2419) ## Interview tips The accessible interview content recommends practicing out loud with a timer, keeping a framework ready for every round, and asking the recruiter what each interviewer focuses on so you can tailor your examples. ## Company culture The candidate described the interviewers as collaborative and said they kept nudging toward the user. The team appeared to value structured thinking over polish, and everyone left time for questions at the end. ## Access and participation Membership unlocks the rest of this interview and new experiences added weekly. We offer a [membership](https://www.aced.io/upgrade?src=experience). You can also [share your interview experience](https://www.aced.io/questions/contribute?src=experience); the 24-hour trial starts once your submission is approved. ## More Amazon interview experiences - **SDE II Software Development Engineer — Amazon, Feb 2026.** “I went in expecting the usual behavioral-first format, but in my loop they flipped it and opened with the coding question. The behavioral part still mattered, they just used the follow-ups to see if I actually knew my own work in detail.” **Verified; 4 rounds, 7 questions.** [Read full interview](https://www.aced.io/experiences/amazon-software-engineer-interview-39a0db?returnPath=%2Fguides%2Famazon-software-development-engineer-interview%2Fexperiences) - **Software Engineer (L4) — Amazon, Dec 2025.** “I said I deep dived on an AI project, and they immediately started asking what parameters I used to train the model and why I switched from one LLM to another. Even the behavioral round got super technical.” **Verified; 4 rounds, 3 questions.** [Read full interview](https://www.aced.io/experiences/amazon-software-engineer-interview-87ea12?returnPath=%2Fguides%2Famazon-software-development-engineer-interview%2Fexperiences) - **Software Engineer — Amazon, Oct 2026.** “The process seems to be getting more rigorous than the past, with multiple technical rounds. There is a large focus on the leadership principles.” **2 rounds, 2 questions.** [Read full interview](https://www.aced.io/experiences/amazon-software-engineer-interview-5766eb?returnPath=%2Fguides%2Famazon-software-development-engineer-interview%2Fexperiences) [See all 62 Amazon Software Engineer interview experiences →](https://www.aced.io/guides/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview/experiences) ## Related Aced resources We offer interview courses and preparation resources for Product Management, Forward Deployed Engineering, Engineering Management, Software Engineering, System Design, Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, AI Engineering, Investment Banking, Generative AI, Security Engineering, Technical Program Management, Solutions Architecture, UX / Product Design, and BizOps & Strategy. 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