Amazon Interview Questions
Real questions and interview experiences from 3836 threads aggregated across multiple platforms. Includes 420 full interview experiences. Updated continuously.
What to Expect at Amazon
Amazon is unusual among FAANG: its behavioral loop is as important as its technical loop. Every round includes behavioral questions tied to Amazon's 16 Leadership Principles (LPs). For SDE roles, expect 5–6 total rounds: 2–3 coding, 1 system design (SDE II and above), and the rest heavily behavioral. A "Bar Raiser" — a senior employee from a different team — attends at least one round and has veto power over any hire.
Preparation tip: write out 2–3 STAR-format stories for each of the 16 LPs before your loop. Amazon interviewers are trained to probe for specifics — "what exactly did YOU do?" — so passive or vague answers will fail even if technically strong.
Common Interview Rounds
Recruiter / HR Screen
30-minute call covering background, motivation, compensation expectations, and logistics. Usually non-technical but sets expectations for the loop ahead.
Online Assessment (OA)
Timed coding challenge (typically 60–90 minutes) with 2–3 LeetCode-style problems. Common for new grad roles and some experienced-hire pipelines. Amazon OAs tend to be medium difficulty with emphasis on edge cases.
Technical Phone Screen
45–60 minute live coding interview. Expect 1–2 medium LeetCode problems. The interviewer will watch you code in real-time and probe your thought process — narrate your approach.
System Design
45–60 minute open-ended design conversation. You'll be asked to design a distributed system (e.g., URL shortener, notification service, rate limiter, news feed). Focus on requirements gathering, component breakdown, data modeling, and scaling trade-offs.
Onsite / Virtual Loop
4–5 back-to-back rounds (45–60 min each). Covers coding (2–3 rounds), system design, and behavioral. At Amazon, each round is scored independently.
Behavioral / Leadership
Structured interview using past experiences (STAR format: Situation, Task, Action, Result). Amazon's behavioral rounds are tied directly to its 16 Leadership Principles — prepare a STAR story for each principle. This is weighted as heavily as technical performance.
Popular Roles Interviewed For
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Where the Data Comes From
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Preparation Tips
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Study real questions first
Browse the 3836 Amazon questions on LeakCode before grinding LeetCode at random. High-frequency questions at this company are worth 3x as much prep time.
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Practice system design out loud
System design is evaluated on your thought process and communication, not just the solution. Practice talking through your design — requirements, components, data model, scale — with a timer running. See our system design guide for a structured framework.
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Prepare behavioral stories with specifics
Generic answers ("I'm a hard worker," "I collaborate well") don't land at Amazon. Write out 5–6 specific projects using the STAR format and rehearse them until the numbers and details come naturally. For Amazon, map each story to one of the 16 Leadership Principles explicitly.
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Read recent interview experiences
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