System Development Engineer II applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for System Development Engineer II roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a System Development Engineer II according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 24%
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 12%
Personality test: 12%
Background check: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
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Loop interview happened in single day. Assessment followed by System design, coding - 2 rounds , troubleshooting and behavior rounds. All coding compiled and answered every question. Felt too tired and long…honestly the process is crooked
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Leadership principles and coding are very important
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2025
Interview
Excessive & disjointed emails from recruiters - was emailed many things three different times.
Excessive behavioural interview questions - ran out of stories. Prep more than you think you'll need because you will end up needing them.
Leetcode medium coding questions disguised as "real-world problems," but they were intentionally ambiguous in the initial problem statements.
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Numerous behavioral questions on leadership principles.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Barcelona) in Mar 2025
Interview
I interviewed with Amazon, I had one screening and then a loop of 4 interviews for this role.
1 System Design Interview, and 3 additional interviews.
For the most part, I was asked a lot of STAR Questions, focusing on the Leadership Principles of Amazon.
Overall, I was asked about 10 Leadership questions.
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Question 1
Create the System Design for a Cache application, used to Cache Images and Videos