# Amazon Software Engineer Interview Experience

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# Amazon Software Engineer Interview Experience

We provide this Aced interview-experience page for an **Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE)** interview. The candidate was at **Entry Level / L3** in the **United Kingdom**, attended **onsite**, and submitted the experience 4 months ago.

## Amazon SDE interview guide

Our guide was **updated 3 days ago by Amazon candidates** and includes:

- [Expert guide](https://www.aced.io/guides/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview)
- [Interview experiences — 62](https://www.aced.io/guides/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview/experiences)
- [Questions — 250](https://www.aced.io/guides/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview/questions)
- [Resumes — 482](https://www.aced.io/guides/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview/resumes)

[Back to all Amazon experiences](https://www.aced.io/guides/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview/experiences)

## Experience summary

| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Format | Onsite |
| Level | Entry Level / L3 |
| Result | Got offer |
| Interview date | 3 years ago |
| Timespan | 1 week |
| Difficulty | Moderate |
| Total comp | $340,000 |
| Compensation breakdown | Salary and stock |

## Interview process

The candidate described the interview as a good experience, saying the interviewers seemed to care about the interview and that they had a great time discussing with the interviewer.

The process included:

- Online assessment
- Final round
- Phone interview

## Interview rounds

There were **4 questions across 3 rounds**.

### Online assessment — 2 questions

This round has a free preview.

**Question type:** [Coding](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=coding)

**Specific questions asked:**

- [Reverse a linked list.](https://www.aced.io/questions/3247)
- [Course Schedule](https://www.aced.io/questions/3313)

### Final round — 1 question

The remaining round content is member-restricted.

### Phone interview — 1 question

The remaining round content is member-restricted.

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## More Amazon interview experiences

- [SDE II Software Development Engineer — Amazon · Feb 2026](https://www.aced.io/experiences/amazon-software-engineer-interview-39a0db?returnPath=%2Fguides%2Famazon-software-development-engineer-interview%2Fexperiences) — **Verified**, 4 rounds, 7 questions. “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.”
- [Software Engineer (L4) — Amazon · Dec 2025](https://www.aced.io/experiences/amazon-software-engineer-interview-87ea12?returnPath=%2Fguides%2Famazon-software-development-engineer-interview%2Fexperiences) — **Verified**, 4 rounds, 3 questions. “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.”
- [Software Engineer — Amazon · Oct 2026](https://www.aced.io/experiences/amazon-software-engineer-interview-5766eb?returnPath=%2Fguides%2Famazon-software-development-engineer-interview%2Fexperiences) — 2 rounds, 2 questions. “The process seems to be getting more rigorous than the past, with multiple technical rounds. There is a large focus on the leadership principles.”

[See all 62 Amazon Software Engineer interview experiences](https://www.aced.io/guides/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview/experiences)

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