I interviewed for the Amazon SDE II position on August 29, 2026. The technical phone screen lasted about an hour.
Interview Questions
Behavioral:
3 behavioral questions
The questions were primarily focused on Amazon Leadership Principles, especially Ownership and Dive Deep
I would recommend preparing specific STAR-format examples from your past projects and being ready for follow-up questions.
Coding:
One relatively straightforward coding question based on Palindrome
The discussion focused on explaining the approach, handling edge cases, and analyzing time and space complexity.
For practice, a similar problem is available on LeetCode:
LeetCode – Valid Palindrome
Result
I received the update from the recruiter the following day that I had passed the technical phone screen. The recruiter mentioned that they would keep me posted regarding the next steps in the interview process.
Overall, the interview was straightforward, but I would strongly recommend preparing Amazon Leadership Principles, especially Ownership and Dive Deep, along with practicing basic-to-medium level coding problems and being comfortable discussing your approach and complexity.
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