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Amazon Software Engineer Interview Questions
Behavioral questions for Amazon SDE interviews 2025. Focused on Leadership Principles with emphasis on Customer Obsession, Ownership, and Bias for Action.
Tell me about a successful team project you contributed to. What was your role?
Describe a situation where your team faced a tight deadline. How did you collaborate to meet it?
Give an example of a time when you helped a struggling team member. What did you do?
Describe a time when you had to work with someone whose work style was very different from yours. How did you handle it?
Tell me about a time you delivered results despite significant obstacles.
Tell me about a time when you went above and beyond to exceed a customer's expectations.
Describe a situation where you had to balance customer needs against business constraints.
Tell me about a time you took ownership of a problem that was outside your direct responsibility.
Tell me about a system you designed that failed to scale. What did you learn?
Describe a time you had to make a trade-off between performance and maintainability.