Amazon SDE-1 and SDE-2 interview process, real recently-reported DSA, LLD and system design questions, Leadership Principles, candidate interview experiences and salary details.
Amazon evaluates every candidate against its 16 Leadership Principles — and unlike a syllabus topic, these show up in every round, not just a dedicated behavioral interview. The 8 questions below are the ones candidates report most often, each mapped to the principle it's testing, with guidance on how to structure a strong STAR-format answer.
Prepare 2–3 real stories from your own experience that can each be stretched to answer several different principles — most candidates over-prepare narrow, single-purpose stories and run out mid-loop.
